Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some of the morning talk shows, peruses the morning papers over breakfast and then at nine walks through the archway from the residence to the Oval Office. The briefing with his senior staff, which mainly concerns his daily schedule, lasts only about 30 minutes, and Reagan usually remains quiet, except for his trademark bantering. It is followed by a briefing from his national security staff that is usually even shorter. When National Security Council staffers prepare Reagan for a full-fledged meeting of the NSC, the President typically does not ask any questions about the topic at hand; instead...
...staff who operated out of an office across the street from the White House, had arranged the contra scam without the knowledge of the State Department, the Defense Department, the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the White House chief of staff or anyone in authority except his boss, Poindexter, who did nothing to stop...
When the questioning began, nobody except North, Poindexter and McFarlane knew of the trail that would lead from Iran to the contras, or so goes the official story to date. On Saturday, however, Meese's team came across some puzzling and alarming evidence, in the form of "intercepts," hinting that Iran had paid more for U.S. weapons shipped through Israel than the $12 million the U.S. had received for the arms. "Intercepts" is intelligence- community jargon for transcripts of telephone or cable messages that have been wiretapped. Says Meese: "There was talk in the field that there were deficiencies...
...seventh book in the series offers its share of insights and delights. John Barth claims that he became a writer by "passionate default." Edna O'Brien espouses chastity "except when one can no longer resist the temptation." Philip Roth, asked for the umpteenth time to compare himself to his "vividly transforming heroes," replies, "I am like somebody who is trying vividly to transform himself out of himself and into his vividly transforming heroes. I am very much like somebody who spends all day writing." Occasionally the interviewer gets the last word. When Malcolm Cowley attributes the phrase "a lost generation...
...around the world with the British bank. Said he: "We are a very powerful bank, and we can continue extending our business abroad." Experts consider the bank's $116 million price tag a bargain for the South Africans. Moreover, because of tight currency rules that prohibit export of capital except at unfavorable exchange rates, the British Barclays will keep the proceeds from the sale on deposit in South Africa for at least a year...