Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...history. The next year the Divinity School followed suit, and two years later, convinced by enthusiastic reports from the two graduate schools, the undergraduate department of History, Government, and Economics began to require generals. Within ten years, President Lowell was able to report with evident satisfaction that all departments except Chemistry and Engineering were requiring some kind of comprehensive exam before awarding a degree...
Winning every match except one, the Crimson wrestling squad trounced a surprisingly weak Williams team 23 to 3 Saturday in its first meet of the season. The Ephs, who placed second in the New England Wrestling Conference last year, have declined considerably and were no match for the Crimson...
...Committed to a $90 million increase in welfare benefits (to $876 million) and unwilling to cut the $540 million for defense, Erlander had to abandon his tax-free dream. To the Riksdag he proposed a most unsocialistic solution: a 4% turnover (sales) tax on everything people buy except rent, prescription medicines, transport, fuel and packaging materials, plus a $45 million fuel...
Truth Shows. Even on CBS, the giveaways still had a fighting chance, all tucked into a clause that said schlock was taboo "except where reasonably necessary and natural." Art Linkletter, whose CBS show House Party gives away about $3,000 worth of prizes a week, promptly announced: "If we can't qualify for the 'except' rule, somebody will have to pay for the prizes...
...until I couldn't sleep any more. May I say this, I'm not a fan. I don't care to watch your show ... It sounds pretty, pretty rotten. I didn't enjoy your show. Jack. And I don't enjoy it too much, except I can't-I can't stay away from it." Paar: "Do you enjoy it tonight?" Rooney: "Not necessarily." Paar: "Would you care to leave...