Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Owing to her continuous engagements, her private house in Paris was seldom occupied, except during the holidays of her little son who was at school in England...
...campaign managers had put them there. The entire trouble is that the political managers are not scientists. An official of a large radio company, unnamed, gave out a press statement in which he said: "They are faced with the disappointment right there, for that cannot be done except in very limited instances...
...production of a non-corroding steel is not new. It has been going on successfully for some time. But the expense of manufacture has been so high that−except for specialized uses, such as for tableware−it has been impractical. To mention only a few general advantages which would accrue to industry from a cheap non-corroding steel it would...
There Sproule was closely associated with Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the line, except for a brief period when the Government controlled the railways and he was a District Director. Now, again President, he carries on in the shoes of Huntington and Harriman. When Huntington, founder of the road, died, Harriman bought control by way of uniting the Southern Pacific with his Union Pacific. Later this union was undone when the Union Pacific sold its Southern Pacific holdings...
Money continues cheap, and industry continues in poor shape, except in a few departments, such as chain stores and utilities. Railroads, although earnings are showing a tendency to decline temporarily, are daily more cheerful over their prospects. Yet through all this there is an unusual dearth of novel or sensational news...