Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even with the most successful summer campaign Van Fleet does not think that the guerrillas can be finally defeated this year, but his plans call for cleaning them out of all Greece except the northern frontier areas. Actually, some military observers believe that Van Fleet is too optimistic, that the guerrillas will continue tormenting Greece as long as they are supplied and equipped from abroad. Last week Van Fleet still stood by what he had said when he first came to Greece: "My advice to the rebels is to give up now. Either stay and get killed...
...Vienna rooming house, four years ago, an obscure German citizen named Wilhelm Kaiser died, unmourned by anyone except his landlady. That kindly soul, Frau Amalie Feix, had nursed Kaiser during his illness, had paid hospital and funeral bills. The only valuables he had left behind were three rings. These, Frau Feix thought, rightly belonged to her. She hoped to sell them to make up for her expenses. Frau Feix, however, ran smack up against the Big Four...
...Crimson players except Roger Swanson, the number three singles man, won their matches handily. With the exception of this match the closest score of the afternoon was 6-3. Charlie Thompson had the easiest time, winning the number five singles...
...game started well enough. The first period saw one goal for each team. After two minutes in the second quarter, the varsity was ahead, 3 to 1, but this was the high point. Williams pulled ahead in the third period, and except for a brief surge in the final period when Estin's last goal brought Harvard within one point and gave the crowd momentary hopes of a comeback, had the game in hand...
...Crimson players won except Don Blackmer, who holds down the number one singles position...