Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lightning struck, no thunder rumbled and the earth didn't swallow up the Soldiers Field pitcher's mound. Except for a momentary dazzle, the sky refused to fall Even the second game went on as scheduled...
...bland and too many. On the P.G.A. tour, young strangers are kept in such supply that a different one seems to win every week, usually in a playoff. They all swing the same way-correctly. Their skills are undeniable. They appear able to do anything on a golf course except enjoy each other's company...
...most unusual and complex rescue package put together since the debt crisis began in August 1982. Four Latin American countries provided $300 million to help Argentina meet its payments. The contributors included Mexico ($100 million), Venezuela ($100 million), Colombia ($50 million) and Brazil ($50 million). All except Colombia have big debt problems of their own. In addition, the major banks, led by New York City's Citicorp, offered $100 million in new loans, and Argentina agreed to kick in $100 million from its own reserves...
...Friday night everything was set except for a nod from the IMF. Just after 10 p.m., an exhausted group of negotiators were munching on pastrami sandwiches at the Treasury Building in Washington when word came that IMF Managing Director Jacques de Larosière reported "satisfactory progress" in talks with the Argentines...
...will not furnish information or explanations to the council." That powerful opposition effectively doomed the council from the start. Richard Salant, then president of CBS News, criticized the Times for being "so goddam hard-nosed. I take the position that everyone has the right to look over my shoulder except the Government." But, Salant added, many of his network colleagues, including Walter Cronkite, did not share his keenness for a council. ABC refused to cooperate; NBC was unenthusiastic. Time Inc. had its doubts about the council; nonetheless the company's magazines cooperated in some of its inquiries...