Word: excepts
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...catalogue essay asserts that de Kooning "played perhaps the decisive role" in the development of abstract expressionism (notwithstanding de Kooning's own generous tribute to Pollock as the one who "broke the ice"). The purpose of canonization is well in hand; once again-though one must except Curator Paul Cummings' measured and enlightening essay on de Kooning's drawings-the work of a distinguished artist becomes a pedestal for the display of swollen claims...
Yuppies never take naps (except on New Year's Day), never have anything plastic in their living spaces (except the push-button phones) and never vacation anywhere their parents might have been...
House superintendents have periodically checked rooms in the five renovated dorms--Adams, Claverly, Leverett, Winthrop, and Quincy--to check adherence to the College policy which forbids students from using anything except adhesive putty and molding hooks on the walls of renovated rooms...
After meeting with their constituents during the current congressional recess, Senators and Representatives reported a rising chorus of complaints about the Marines' presence in Lebanon. A common concern was that the roughly 1,800 Marines cannot have much impact in the warring nation, except to draw fire from one or more of the religious groups that see the U.S. as an enemy. "The President has overstated the objective," contended Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, a conservative Democrat and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "We're not going to achieve it: a solid, united Lebanon from...
This was, of course, a re-enactment of what happened 200 years ago. It was painstakingly faithful, except that Roger Mudd was on hand to narrate the proceedings for public television. Washington was played by New York Actor Jan Leighton, a remarkable lookalike. Maryland's Governor William Paca was represented by Maryland's current Governor Harry Hughes, no personal resemblance intended...