Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Held in Memorial Hall, examinations deal tomorrow at from 2 to 3:30 o'clock with the Bible and from 3:45 to 5:15 with Shakespeare. On Wednesday, the tests take up Authors, except Homer and Sophocles, at 2 o'clock. Thursday sees knowledge of the author of the Illiad tested at from 2 to 3 o'clock, and of Sophocles from...
Your explanation of the pronunciation of Jadwiga's surname [TIME, July 12] will be o.k. everywhere except in Milwaukee, Chicago, Buffalo and a few other cities which have many Polish people. There is a definite "n" sound in it. The correct pronunciation is YENDZHAYOVSKA...
...Yale News reports that a transfer student from Harvard has criticized the Eli food, saying it is worse than Harvard food except that at New Haven there aren't any steel shavings in the salad...
...Mexico City U. S. Ambassador Josephus Daniels, having complained to the Mexican Government, was informed that the tax could not be suspended or revoked except by the improbable consent of the Mexican Congress. But while exporters grumbled and protested, it was already apparent that Mexico like other governments which try to plug income tax loopholes was not going to be 100% successful. Foreign sellers promptly treated the tax like an import duty, added 3% to their invoice prices, thus passed the bulk of the new tax to the down-trodden Mexican who will eventually buy their products...
Sentimentalists will enjoy the song "Afraid to Dream." Most people will enjoy the entire proceedings except for the not uncertain feeling that they have seen it all before. The sleepy will complain that there is too much noise...