Word: excepts
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...idols in a monarch's stead. You can even dream of becoming a celebrity yourself. On the other hand, celebrities lack a sense of permanence--Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame is an apt description. And these celebrities have no real obligation to represent anyone except themselves...
...Except for acupuncture, which has been studied for pain relief in lab animals, and some herbal remedies, most alternative treatments for pets are not well tested. "There is not a controlled study for everything," admits David Jaggar, former executive director of the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in Longmont, Colo. "We use the science whenever we can, but as practitioners we have to resort to artful applications...
...nothing happened except I won the bet with my sister and I have my pride...
...answer is not the relatively conservative program, but rather Kissel's superb performance. Except for the occasional click of her mallets, the performance was nearly flawless. Kissel reminds us of what we value in virtuosity: not the complexity of the music, but the effortlessness with which that music is executed...
...President can negotiate a compromise with Republicans on a plan to reform the IRS in the next few weeks, political commercials like the one Luntz dreams of will be saturating the airwaves come next year's midterm congressional elections. It's a prospect that scares Democrats all over town. Except, that is, for one of the most influential of all: Secretary Rubin. He knows that an anti-IRS bill backed by the G.O.P. leadership will move to the House Ways and Means Committee this week, but he has refused to budge on a central Republican demand: that his department relinquish...