Word: exception
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...thing that churches have relied upon for centuries to protect them is no longer quite the deterrent it used to be. "The fear of God doesn't exist anymore," laments Father Paolo Picca, pastor of the SS. Salvatore church in Velletri, Italy. "The thieves don't fear anyone, except maybe the police when they come to get them...
...Surely this is what history at its best is all about - an ability to entertain and edify at the same time. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant, except in the ivory tower. Burrow does a noble service by dusting off the giants of the past, the most brilliant of them as fresh, exciting and immortal as Shakespeare or Tolstoy. But it is up to us, as readers, to keep their achievements alive...
...time we go down low so hopefully we can keep that going.” Coach Tommy Amaker praised the starting center for his performance of late, but he knows his big man can improve further. “Magnarelli’s line is pretty impressive—except for those five turnovers,” Amaker said. “He’s been really solid for us,” Amaker continued. “I think he’s been consistent, we can rely on him, and he’s been dependable...
...digit margin, according to some polls and the campaign's own worst fears. "I was with them all day," said one friend, who watched Clinton and her team write the first drafts of her speech in a Concord hotel suite. "They did not see this coming. No one did." Except, perhaps, you know who; the friend said that at one point during the afternoon, Bill Clinton confided, "You know something, I think we can do something here...
What do you think it is about her campaign or message that put her over the top? I don't. I would leave it up to the analysis of people who watch these campaigns. I am not qualified and haven't paid that close attention, except that I think she was able to motivate people who supported her more intensely than Obama...