Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women are unhappier," says Maynard, "it is partly because they are trying to pull off something that can't be pulled off, except on Thursday nights in The Cosby Show. Women have been told they can have -- even ought to have -- husband, children and career, all perfectly managed. It is a lie." Through her column, Maynard has conducted a survey of her own on extramarital affairs. Of 900 replies, 800 were from women who had been unfaithful. Observes Maynard: "They feel, 'I give all day long; I want to do something...
...Many commandments concern observance of the Sabbath, which Jewish scholars have traditionally interpreted as prohibiting almost any activity on the holy day. To accommodate those beliefs, Israeli municipal governments have passed numerous Sabbath-keeping ordinances. In Jerusalem, for example, there is no public transportation on that day. All restaurants, except those in Arab East Jerusalem, are closed, and most forms of public entertainment are banned...
With one startling exception, it was a routine case of industrial hanky-panky. The defendant, said Judge George Bason Jr. of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Washington, was guilty of stealing a computer program developed by a private company and driving the firm out of business. In a blistering denunciation, Bason accused the defendant of "trickery, fraud and deceit." Nothing terribly unusual there -- except that the defendant was the U.S. Department of Justice...
...news that stays news." Many Americans can remember that Calvin Coolidge was the inconsequential President when Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, but as we look back, the political powers keep fading. What does anyone know about the petty princelings who ruled Germany in the time of Bach except that they were not very kind to Bach? What does anyone know about the Pope who built the Sistine Chapel except that he hired Michelangelo to paint the ceiling? What does anyone know about who was king of anywhere when the Book of Genesis was written, or the pillars of Stonehenge...
However, because he must play warm and seductive as opposed to Janet's tough and funky, O'Neal is confined to mostly mellow and smooth R&B tunes. Except for "Fake," "Criticize," and the opener, "What Can I Say to Make You Love Me," the album is hardly suited for the party dj's turntable...