Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Howard Baker is not the best chief of staff for Ronald Reagan right now, then who is? Except for the far right, the consensus around Washington is . . . Howard Baker. Despite legislative setbacks, he managed the Reagan White House through its toughest period. He helped Reagan survive the Iran-contra affair. And he worked to keep arms-control talks with the Soviets on track...
...committe adjourned for the day in a good mood, except for the recently-blinded member who was still in a state of aggravation. Wiping away tears of laughter from their eyes--or sockets, as the case may be--they left to take turns guarding the copy machines. They had to make sure that no mischievous students were wasting valuable fluid by making too many copies in "dark" mode...
...good idea. "Hey, let's dump it in the ocean! Yeah, that's it!" Under cover of night, garbage barges loaded with tons of trash began to sneak a couple of miles out to sea and drop their loads right into the ocean. It's like a colossal toilet. Except it doesn't flush. Some of it sinks down to the bottom--where only fish are, anyway--but a whole lot of it doesn't. It just floats around on top of the water and gets sloshed around in the waves until it washes up on the beach...
Amidst the academic clutter of the labs, humans' decorations are interspersed with bags of monkey chow, manuscripts of journal articles, and cases of rubber gloves. One receptionist's cubicle seems to be a normal office, except for the battling stenches of disinfectant and monkey dung. And down the hall, a researcher's door bears the sober proverb, "Mortui Vivos Docent...
...unlike Tunnel of Love, Reed's album was no masterpiece, except insofar as it represented a turning point for him artistically, from heroin addict to happy husband. (Go figure). But to its credit, Legendary Hearts was way ahead of its time, before the New Romance of late. Perhaps that's why it didn't sell well while Springsteen's album is destined for multi-platinum. One of the primary differences between Reed and Springsteen--besides everything--is the former's ability to be unfashionably early while Bruce is always perfectly punctual. Reed may have his finger on the trigger...