Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME, March 21 ... "The California Supreme Court handed down a verdict. . . ." Ho! Ho! Only juries arrive at verdicts. Supreme courts reach decisions, then affirm, modify or reverse judgments of inferior courts, except in such cases in which they have original jurisdiction; utilize juries at no stage in their procedure and at no time "hand down verdicts." IRVING HILL Editor...
Roared Boss Tom Pendergast, jabbing the air with his mighty forefinger: "I have never done a thing in my life except support Democratic officials to the best of my ability. I have not received that kind of consideration from Governor Stark. ... If his conscience is clear, I know mine is. I now say let the river take its course...
...other drugs should be used with sulfanilamide, "except sodium bicarbonate. . . . Any preparation which produces a watery stool such as magnesium sulfate [Epsom salts] and other cathartics may aggravate the deleterious effects of sulfanilamide. Hydrochloric acid and coal tar derivatives may act similarly. . . . The colon should be kept free from food residues by a cleansing enema before treatment is started, and a low-residue diet . . . containing few eggs should be given...
Smallpox, of which there have been numerous cases in the West and an outbreak in Detroit (TIME, Feb. 7), has spread to all parts of the U. S. except the Atlantic Coast, has struck nearly three times as many people as in recent years. That a disease for which means of prevention have long been known should again break out may be due to an increasing number of children escaping vaccination, to the failure of adults to be revaccinated...
...Milquetoast. When he is complimented on speaking English well, he explains: "I picked it up on my travels." His English had its stiffest test when, on his way back from an Australian tour, he was asked to explain skating to a Ceylon reporter who had never seen ice except in highballs...