Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said, 'Can I get down that mountain to see a show every night?' When I said no, she said 'No.' " His office is in a corner of the depot. Gus explained: "I've got a table and two chairs. Nothing to lock up except the cash drawer, and I wouldn't do that except you're supposed to." During the war, though, Marshall Pass had a brush with the enemy. Said Gus: "I don't like to mention his name. He's in Leavenworth now. He was up there, and well...
...nearly valueless paper money. In one drastic piece of surgery, Bizonia's economic authorities called in all the old currency, issued only one new mark for ten of the old. Along with this severe bloodletting, the patient was given his economic freedom: all price ceilings were lifted, except for basic foods, coal, iron and steel...
Curtis ("Buzzy") Boettiger, who recovered from a mild attack of polio six weeks ago, and his boss, Henry Morgenthau, who are making a tour of Israel for the United Jewish Appeal, were all right (except for possible jangled nerves) after a few minutes under mortar fire in Negeb...
...complicated process was based on the long known fact that some materials are "photoconductive," i.e., become conductors of electricity when exposed to light. Xerography uses such a plate charged with static electricity. When the plate is exposed to light, the charge is released from all parts of the plate except those shaded by the image to be reproduced. The plate is then dusted with a charged powder which clings to the shaded, or image, part of the plate. When a piece of paper (or any other material) is placed over it and charged, the powder leaps to the paper, thus...
Late in the show, there is a good, rousing fire, and in the long run the hero makes one part of the West safe for bullion runners. It is all moderately entertaining formula, done with a slight extra edge of care, humor and understanding-except for Jane Greer...