Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...currency turmoil that hit Southeast Asian countries in mid-1997 was initially expected to last only a few months. More than a year down the road, the turmoil has spread throughout the world. No one has really benefited except possibly the currency traders and share-market speculators...
...never find out much about any of them except that their bills are being paid by Irish terrorists. We know even less about the guys they are trying to beat out of the box. Indeed--and this is the best part of the joke--neither they nor we ever discover what the box contains. It is a McGuffin raised to the level of Platonic ideal...
...leaders are liars, it is because we the people take lying for granted. If our leaders are thieves, it is because we do not mind the thieving--except, of course, when we ourselves get robbed. If our leaders are oppressive, it is because too many people in this country are wailing for the khozyain, the autocratic boss. Of course, once we Russians have ourselves a khozyain, we will become alienated from him anyway because the mistrust of authority runs that deep. But have him we will, quite soon, since freedom and democracy are dirty words in Russia today. Most Russians...
...degree was presented at his military camp in Cambridge, written in Latin and signed by every member of the Corporation except John Hancock, who was in Philadelphia at the time. The text was published in local newspapers, along with an English translation...
...nothing stuck--except Monica. We can't avoid the scandal because it's become too personal. Although the President claims "it's nobody's business but ours," referring to his family, in this age of total media immersion, his business is our business. You can't invite someone into your home every night on TV, talk about him for years over dinner and maybe even vote for him without feeling involved when he takes such a disgraceful fall...