Word: excepts
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Prosecuting the frauds, however, is difficult. Often there are no witnesses to a phone con except the scammer and the victim. The rare con artists who are convicted seldom get sentences anywhere near as long as O'Donnell's 16 years. Far more typical are the prison terms of one to three years imposed on operators of one New York State pyramid scheme. The House in July passed a telemarketing-fraud bill that for the first time sets minimum jail terms for federal convictions. But the minimum will be only six months, or 15 months if the victim is over...
...your personal genie. Yes, the Great Spinner of Galaxies, Digger of Black Holes is available, for a suitable "love offering," to relieve the itch of hemorrhoids and help you prevail in office intrigues! At least the ancient Hebrews had the good sense to make Yahweh unnameable and unseeable except in the flames of a burning bush--a permanent Mystery...
...Says New York's Giuliani, a Republican who broke with his party by lobbying to save rent regulations: "It's better to keep your constituents happy than to keep a political party happy." So far, it's been a winning strategy: all these mayors have been re-elected handily, except Giuliani--who is running this year and led his nearest rival by 23% in a recent poll...
...have a measly 1.6% dividend yield, vs. 6% in the early '80s. In short, they're also being managed for growth instead of income. Of course, the market reacts to many things in the economy, not just tax changes. So nothing is certain, except that the old tools just don't work the way they used...
...Woolworth stores, America's icons, are closing [BUSINESS, July 28]? Oh, no! So many memories for me and my family. Great Aunt Cora introduced me to Woolworth's in Los Angeles when I was four. Thereafter, Woolworth's, except for the demands of the ice-cream truck, captured my weekly allowance. Christmas shopping was a magnificent, looked-forward-to event, carefully planned and executed at Woolworth's every Christmastime throughout my childhood. Mine were always the best presents--or so I thought. Then, just last year, my daughter told me that she had gone to Woolworth's for the lipsticks...