Word: exception
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mikado, although it lacks the moments of brilliance of some of the other collaborations, is nevertheless a pleasant piece with probably more famous songs than any except Pinafore. The traditional production always gets a certain number of standard extra-curricular laughs out of the action accompanying the more ludicrous songs. But this performance is an unmitigated howl from beginning to end, thanks mainly to the imaginative direction of Julius Novick and two devastating performances by David Stone and Steve Garlick...
...except leadership of Harvard; but what price leadership?" Muller inquired, nothing that "the art world moves fast and this sort of this sort of thing is dated as as created...
Author of the post-war policy of "containment," Kennan more recently advanced proposals for a "disengagement" on the continent. Since 1950 he has taught at the Institute for Advanced Study, except for his Ambassadorship...
Ashore, military operations moved on schedule, though not with the deceptive ease of Historian Morison's brisk and necessarily brief account. In Manila alone, 20.000 Japanese fought house-to-house to the death. Except for Leyte. the Japanese never made any concerted attacks on U.S. beachheads, and this undoubtedly speeded the pace of the campaigns. After Luzon was secured, 38 major and minor landings were launched in 44 days, a record for amphibious operations unlikely ever to be challenged. If U.S. troops paid for their victories (761 killed in Mindanao), the Japanese overpaid staggeringly for their defeats...
Pointing out that there is no crisis in Berlin except as precipitated by Russia, Kissinger expressed dismay at the resultant calls for "summit" conferences. "An interim agreement" implies that Russia has a hand in the government of West Berlin," he cautioned...