Word: excepts
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Ubert left the game after pitching five innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits. The righty chalked up four strikeouts, catching all his victims looking. Except for a shakey third inning in which he surrendered three runs, Ubert was solid. It was his first outing since his impressive one-hit, complete-game victory against Northeastern last week...
...most plausible nominee, but only if he can rebound in Wisconsin, New York and the later primaries. Dukakis still holds formidable advantages in terms of money, organization and the goodwill of party leaders. But the terrain is littered with the wreckage of other campaigns that boasted every asset except a compelling message to motivate voters...
...debut, a new syndicated show inspired by the colorful, low-calorie newspaper is causing a stir in TV circles. Like its print model, the USA Today TV show will be a fast-paced potpourri of news and features, divided into four sections: money, sports, life and USA (hard news). Except for one "cover story" of four minutes or so, the pieces will be brief and numerous (about 35 a half-hour). This broadcast spin-off of "McPaper" -- McRather, perhaps? -- has impressive parentage: it comes from GTG Entertainment, the new company headed by ex-NBC Chairman Grant Tinker (in partnership with...
Last week the government took the strongest action yet to hobble the messenger. Determined to deal firmly with the widespread protests called to mark Palestinian Land Day without the usual glare of publicity, the army banned all foreign reporters from the occupied territories for three days, except for a dozen pool reporters accompanied by the military. Said I.D.F. Spokesman Colonel Raanan Gissin: "We know the presence of the press incites and instigates the violence...
...power of the Crown, passed down to the President." Once a Chief Executive decides to invoke it, he need not explain himself and no legal or political challenge is possible. The courts have never articulated any binding standards because there are none in the Constitution, except that the President may not pardon in an impeachment case...