Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the Redwood Shores championship already in the bank, Harvard could be considered to have overcome almost all of its most challenging competitors in the nation, except for Navy, Rutgers, and Princeton. This weekend's win over the Tigers was a big addition to the squad's buying power for a national championship...
Once upon a time, in a popular tourist destination called the Magic Kingdom, there lived some very prosperous characters. They were happy all the time (except for Grumpy, but it was his job to be that way). They produced souvenirs, cartoons and movies that were the delight of families around the world. But one day a great disenchantment fell over the kingdom, for the magic no longer worked. Tinker Bell's pixie dust had lost its twinkle. A teenage boy was even heard to say, "I wouldn't be caught dead going to one of their movies." The whole kingdom...
...bishops do prod the church on some matters, notably the diaconate. Married or single men ordained as "permanent deacons" are now able to perform most of the tasks of a priest except for consecrating the Eucharist and hearing confessions. The bishops' draft all but advocates that women be ordained as deacons and urges that a church-wide study of the matter be completed "soon." The paper also recommends that women and girls be regularly assigned to read the Scriptures and assist at the altar. Though this is already routine in many U.S. parishes, Vatican rules state that women should perform...
...face it, none of the candidates is in favor of drugs. Assailing crack and coke is a little like supporting apple pie and motherhood -- except that voters rarely get passionate about apple pie. Usually in a campaign, such unanimity on an issue would make it about as important as the debate over the Law of the Sea Treaty. But not so with drugs, especially not last week in New York...
...contrast, Newdick says the Tobin children are basically a great bunch except that occasionally they get out of hand. "They're wildly energetic and not easy to keep under control. They're unwieldy sometimes," Newdick says...