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Word: excepts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first person telling also makes me think there is more to Panama than one might first notice: 92 in the Shade was a story of heat, moving at a seemingly languid pace, while Panama, underneath the cool cocaine fog, moves everywhere at once. In fact it moves no where, except back towards memory...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: The Caribbean Syndicalist Novel | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

Before coming to Harvard, Brynteson had not participated in any competitive athletics; except an occasional football game with her elder brothers. That, however, does not mean she came to Harvard as a stranger to soccer...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Brynteson: A Low-Key MVP | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...third down, and the fake field goal attempt. Nobody was surprised, except those of us who like to play percentages...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Strategy Mars Classic Game | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...angrily: "You and only you, Mr. Farber, and that superior being you must address yourself and your conscience to, know whether you have withheld something from the trial court and the jury which would have been of aid in the search for truth." Then, because the trial was over except for the jury's verdict, Trautwein released Farber from jail and suspended the contempt penalties against him and the Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Jury Sets Dr. X Free | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...gifted German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder hired Playwright Tom Stoppard, author of that Nabokovian whimsy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, to adapt Despair for the screen. Except for one grave lapse, he has done so effectively and with suitable reverence, and Fassbinder has assembled a first-rate cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Doubled Up | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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