Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hidden on the outskirts of the Radcliffe Quad, beyond the route of the shuttle bus, lie two squat concrete structures which might escape notice altogether except for smells of dinner cooking which draw an influx of students around 5 p.m. each evening...
...George McGovern as it did to Reubin Askew, who did not attend. Walter Mondale, being the front runner, was understandably given the most coverage. But the other candidates, all of whose percentage points in the polls do not add up to Mondale's, were each given roughly equal space-except for McGovern. According to the New York Times, McGovern was "the most humorous, relaxed and eloquent of the seven candidates." Was it not newsworthy to note the comments of the one candidate who aroused the most cheering and applause from the audience...
White House aides, adapting to his mellow managerial style, seldom prod the President, nor he them. Instead, Reagan waits for an amiable consensus to develop among his advisers, who work within the boundaries of Reagan's ideology. Except for his unbudging devotion to a military buildup and opposition to tax increases, he often accepts uncritically his advisers' recommendations. Such openness has cured Reagan of certain ideological tics: he now understands, for instance, that the International Monetary Fund is no mere Third World boondoggle. Yet his grasp of important issues is often shaky and, even more troubling, he seems...
...control him. On his own, for example, Jumblatt scuttled a security plan in early January by insisting at the last moment that Druze officers in the Lebanese Army should be treated on the same basis as Christian and Muslim officers for promotions and other benefits. That seemed fair, except that some 800 Druze officers had failed to show up for army duty after the fighting in the Chouf Mountains began last September. Should their absence now be forgiven? Gemayel offered a compromise solution last week, but Jumblatt rejected...
What the show needs is a firm, focused dramatic center. The Macauleys often seem like extras in their own story. Marcus' death in battle is not as moving as it should be, for instance, because the character is not introduced, except by reference, until well into the second act. And the happy-end romance between his sister (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and a war buddy is an emotional afterthought. Further, the libretto is often awkwardly phrased and rhymed: "Don't tell me your love/ Has been killed off by time./ It can still be fulfilled,/ Fulfilled by mine...