Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That the Administration has no foreign policy except to get us into "undiscovered European adventure...
...would be that he ought not to have the double business of presiding all the time? as he now must since there is no Vice President?and of carrying on the arduous duties of Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. He could very well resign the latter post, except that then Senator La Follette would get that post by seniority?a dangerous eventuality for the regulars...
...Joint Amnesty Committee had been agitating for their release for many months. President Harding, a few weeks before his death, liberated several of these prisoners, some of them under conditions of good behavior, deportation, etc. Several of these "liberated" prisoners are still in jail because they refused freedom except with unconditional pardon. In the appointment of the new investigating board a Christmas amnesty is foreseen...
...baby in her arms and accompanied by her husband, the atmosphere became charged with electrical emotion and the heart of every little Soviet flapper beat a rapid tattoo against her agitated bosom. The baby, "a little doll-like creature," nestling in her mother's arms, was dressed in white, except for a fringe of red roses sewn around her bonnet...
When a concerto heard at the hands of a pianist of the skill and artistry of Harold Bauer, still remains unconvincing, uninteresting, and long-winded, there is something the matter. Eloquence on Mr. Bauer's part, heroic effort by Mr. Monteux, nothing could redeem this very dry concerto except a very few passages in the less uninteresting last movement. If there is any meaning to this work, as there may be, since an artist of Mr. Bauer' rank sees fit to play it, we are unable to discover...