Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lawrence had found a way to ease its labor pains a little. Instead of laying men off, the mills furloughed men in rotation. For the weeks of furlough, each worker marched over to the unemployment office and drew unemployment pay from the state. (Except for the first layoff each year, Massachusetts does not require a waiting period.) Explained Al Bradstreet, a weaver in American Woolen's Wood mill: "I'm off one week in three. When I'm off, I get $25 plus $2 for each of the three kids. Nobody wants this...
...townspeople of New Brunswick, NJ. had set out to build a home for 23-year-old ex-Marine Robert William Hoelzle, who lost the use of his legs when he was hit by a Japanese bullet on Okinawa. It was just like an old-fashioned house-raising bee, except that it took place in the age of the assembly line and the publicity...
...varsity race will be a test of Bolles' stroking system versus the high-beat, pinwheel method which BU's Jim Nesworthy favors. The Terriers will take the entire race at close to 40, while the Crimson will probably stick at its usual 31 pace except at the finish. This variation in technique will almost certainly mean that BU will take an early lead. The thing to watch will be how long it can hold...
...Except for her way of speaking, Jennifer Jones does a fine job as the young Cuban girl aiding the revolutionaries. John Garfield hasn't changed from any of his other pictures. Pedro Armendariz is a sufficiently frightening villain as the Chief of Police. All except Garfield try to show that they are Cubans by talking without slurs or contractions, but this is more annoying than convincing...
What can be the advantage of balloting when there is neither contact nor much mutual interest between electorate and candidates, except that outwardly the precious requirement of democratic procedure has been fulfilled...