Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Under the Code Napoleon it is still forbidden, except in a few cases, to take legal steps to find out who is the father of an illegitimate French child...
Cotton allotments must be made by November 15 of each year; for 1938 ten days after the passage of the Act. Loan provisions are the same as those for wheat. Marketing quotas (except for 1938) will go into effect when supplies reach 19,500,000 bales with a 2?enalty for excess marketing on first crop and a 3? penalty on subsequent crops...
When the three big and three little finalists (all, except Spicypiece, American-bred-a new record for Westminster shows) romped into the ring, 15,000 spectators began all together nominating their choices to their neighbors. Judge Bates looked first at Rumpelstilskin, the poodle. He seemed a little frightened by the formidable little Pekingese, over which huge John Royce fluttered with a hairbrush. He paused long by white Spicy-piece who stood in marble stillness. He ran his fingers through the collie's long coat. He carefully examined the teeth, fore & hindquarters, neck, back and feathers of the setter...
...been a member of the Sun staff for 31 years. Now a Sun editor for the first time, he bites off chunks of cigars and chews them with a new relish, slings his rough language around the Sun office and continues to be thoroughly sentimental about everything except the New Deal. At least twice a week he visits a friend at some hospital, each day answers every letter in his voluminous mail, including all the cranks...
...Except for a shift in the 135-pound class in which Page displaced Richter yesterday, ranks are unchanged. Navy, with raw and unimposing material, produces its only potential threat in the heavyweight class. Footballer Player will meet Glendinning in what will undoubtedly be his hardest match this year...