Word: exception
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says that the Iranian uprising was unique for him. His explanation: "Other revolts I've written about have been movements with defined goals and tactics. Here I think we are witnessing the absolute birth of a movement, a spontaneous outpouring of united resentment without any direction agreed upon, except for an Iran without a Shah...
Many of McLaughlin's players lack confidence in him as a strategist, and the second-year coach seemed at a total loss during last night's contest (although, to be fair, the game may have been uncoachable). Except for a couple of crisp first-half fast breaks and one perfectly executed Fine-to-Don Fleming alley oop, the Crimson players appeared to lack both confidence and a sense of what their roles were...
Lynch said he sees his job as no different from any he has held since leaving law school, except that he now has only one client, the governor...
...incredible. Chicago closes in for the kill on a three-on-one break. Giacomin skates out to cut down the angle; he is knocked cold by a vicious 15-foot slapshot. A Black Hawk reaches the rubber and bangs it off the post; the Rangers and their fans (except for Giacomin, who is still unconscious) gaze in horror as the puck rebounds to Stan Mikita, quintessential all-star, still one of the most accurate shooters...
...verdict left almost everyone except the defendant dissatisfied. "Justice was not done," declared Greta Rideout, who is suing for divorce and for custody of their two-year-old daughter, and complained that the trial's airing of her sex life was more humiliating than the rape itself...