Word: excepts
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...special interests and to encourage investment by indexing the capital-gains tax to inflation and by improving the tax treatment of IRAs. On crime, he wants to abolish parole for violent offenders and try as adults juveniles who commit violent crimes. He also supports an amendment to ban abortion except in cases of rape, incest and when the woman's life is in danger...
Pappageorge, in his third consecutive run against Sander Levin, claims to have over 12,000 campaign volunteers--"the largest [army of volunteers] of any congressional candidate." He supports the main G.O.P. fiscal measures, opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest or endangerment of the mother's life, and is against gays in the military...
Missouri, the birth state of Mark Twain and once the gateway to the West, the starting point of the Pony Express and the Santa Fe Trail, is a microcosm of America. Politically, it has voted for every presidential winner in the 20th century except Dwight Eisenhower. Geographically, it is the center of the country, containing elements of Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions. Economically, it has rich farmland, thriving suburbs, big cities and impoverished ghettos. As farm communities die in the north, retirement and tourist centers like Branson flourish in the south. And it's a home to the great...
Another small-town mayor, Pappas won an upset victory in the G.O.P. primary to fill the seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Dick Zimmer. A consistent conservative--except for his opposition to the death penalty--he is against abortion, advocates welfare reform and supports restructuring the tax system...
...Except for making the deficit a top priority, Auer is a liberal. A native of Germany with first-hand experience of a state-run health-care system, he supports universal health care, wants defense-spending cuts and thinks gays should be allowed to serve in the military. But after losing to Marge Roukema by 52 points in 1994, Auer is an underdog, especially in this Republican district...