Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issue of the New York Times Magazine, authors Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen trace the strange progress of the friendly fire theory across the Net. One variant: the bombing was a hit. Henry Kissinger was the intended victim because he was supposed to be on the flight--except that, oops, he was never supposed...
...Sydney, Australia. The bride, 37-year-old Debbie Rowe, who is carrying Jackson's baby, wore white; the wedding was attended by the groom's entourage and staff, according to Jackson's publicist. It is also the second marriage for the new missus, about whom little is known except that she's a nurse for Jackson's dermatologist and that someone has offered topless photos of her to the tabloids. The happy nuptials took place after Jackson's first Australian HIStory tour concert, which received wan reviews from the locals. One critic called the facing-down-the-tanks-on-Tiananmen...
Here is a triangulation, a sort of syllogism, that seemed to be at work: Except for evil itself (if you believe in evil, as Chambers did), what mystery is deeper than that of betrayal? What betrayal is deeper, and more decisive, than suicide? What deeper political or social suicide can a man commit than to betray his country...
...half years, I just should have sat down and learned the song. But I'd like to think that my own inadequacy is not the sole cause of this problem. Most of my friends (and I took an unofficial poll) aren't sure of the all the words, except for a guy I know in the band--and he had to learn...
...that this would bother Armey. Indeed, Newt Gingrich looks statesmanlike next to Armey. The Speaker may have kept his job and his party's majority, but he may have trouble keeping the peace--especially with Armey. "The system worked fine, except when Newt would have a breakdown in discipline," Armey told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram last month. As far as Armey is concerned, the mistake the G.O.P. made with its conservative agenda was in not pushing it further and faster...