Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...maid of honor, and David's best man will be Fred Grandy of Sioux City, Iowa, a Harvard junior who was his roommate through four years at Exeter. Among the more than 500 guests will be the members-designate of Nixon's Cabinet and their wives but, except for the incoming Secretary of Defense, Congressman Melvin Laird, there will be no Senators or Representatives on hand...
...that the younger generation growing up would transform the situation until a Leningrad writer told me: That's where you are wrong. [The older neo-Stalinists] are dreadfully mistaken, but you can struggle against them because they believe in something. The younger ones coming up believe in nothing-except their own power and privilege.' It is a bleak thought, the older bureaucrats poisoned with Stalinism, the younger with cynicism...
...remarkably discreet occupation Except for an occasional jeep or transport truck, hardly a single piece of Soviet military equipment is now visible in Czechoslovakia. The Kremlin has taken extraordinary measures to keep its troops out of sight. On pain of facing desertion charges, Soviet enlisted men and noncommissioned officers have been forbidden to leave their rigidly secured garrisons. Even the few officers who wangle twelve-hour passes into town have strict orders to avoid contact with civilians, and they often gaze longingly into the display windows of sweetshops without ever working up the courage to go inside and buy something...
...students and not just blacks, COWI was able to succeed where Ethos had failed. Students began to express interest in the proposals. In compulsory dormitory meetings, girls had a chance to give their opinions on the reform, and they came out strongly in favor of all the proposals--except those encouraging the hiring of black administrators. There was still resistance to the goals that Ethos had set for the college the previous spring...
...second major problem is the laws governing the Sabbath. All stores and most restaurants and places of entertainment are closed, and, except in Haifa, public transportation is completely shut down...