Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Americans have used the word for only about 60 years. It is frequently applied on the basis of fashion, folklore and snobbery. An invisible admissions committee rules out most conservatives-except, perhaps, a William F. Buckley or a Milton Friedman. "Liberal" and "intellectual" are thought to meld nicely. Among scientists, for example, Liberal J. Robert Oppenheimer met the test, but Conservative Edward Teller did not. If nothing else, Viet Nam has provided a handy screening device. Opposition to the war has clinched the intellectual standing of Senator J. William Fulbright and perhaps even of Dr. Spock. War supporters who have...
...Zealand-born Fiona Thyssen, 36, his frequent companion and 16 years his senior. But Ari is a tough man to defy. When the birthday party moved on to a local bouzouki nightclub, Alexander asked his father, "May I take some whisky?" Aristotle reportedly replied: "Take anything you want-except Fiona...
...traditional image as Hollywood's wispy, well-meaning waif. On politics: "Politics is not relevant to me any more. What matters is social revolution in the West." On pot: "I smoke pot, but I'm not addicted to it. I'm not addicted to anything except being alive. I can get high on a sunset." On marriage: "Monogamy is not one of the inherent natural forces...
...glass and warm hospitality. But even Gaelic graciousness has its bounds. In Chicago for St. Patrick's Day, Waterford's Mayor William Jones invited his counterpart, Richard Daley, to Ireland this summer and planned to offer him the keys to the city. All very nice, except that the Irish are not entirely sure that they want King Richard on the ould sod. Waterford's Labor Party termed the invitation "a shameful action," declaring: "We are not satisfied that Mayor Daley has cleared himself of the charge of being responsible for the police brutality that took place...
...point there could be no disagreement. By far the commonest cause of premature death is premature birth, the reason for which is usually unknown except in cases of maternal illness. Prematurity as now defined is not necessarily birth before an elapsed gestation time of 280 days but birth, at any time, with a weight of 5¼ Ib. or less. For preemies, the first 28 days are especially hazardous. To care for them, University of Louisville Pediatrician Billy Andrews has devised an incubator setup so complex that medical students call it his physiology lab. Andrews maintains an around-the-clock...