Word: excepts
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...only after Marceca left in early 1994 that his replacement discovered what had been going on. According to the White House, the requests were quickly halted and the files put into the vault behind Livingstone's desk. The White House says Livingstone looked at none of the files except the three brought to his attention...
...introduced a bill that would not only ban TV ads for hard liquor but also restrict those for beer and wine. "When advertising shows the way to get a pretty girl or guy is to suck down a brew," he says, "we want to take it off the air except after 10 p.m." President Clinton favors continuing the ad ban but has not endorsed Kennedy's politically riskier bill...
...Harvard Square part of Cambridge is less urban than it might look to the neophyte emerging from the T stop. Far from being a concrete jungle (well, except for Holyoke Center) this region actually has trees. Many parts of the Square, including Harvard Yard, Radcliffe Yard, and the Cambridge Common, are delightfully leafy, shaded enclaves. In the winter, the city's open space turns to mud. But during the summer months, students can sprawl on Harvard lawns that were carefully made green for the Commencement crowds...
...Heavy, Tyler is the siren who leads a sad-sack cook (Pruitt Taylor Vince) to a full realization of the sweet misery of life. His bar-diner, which often looks deserted except for one resident grouse, is the anti-Cheers; it should be called Blahs. Heavy is a mood piece, which means there's not much going on and ain't ever gonna be. The characters shop, eat, sleep, do some world-class moping and, in general, wait for something the hell to happen. And all that happens...
...more dust than it was meant to, the Supreme Court has upheld Utah's 1991 anti-abortion law, considered the most restrictive in the country. The Utah law in question directly challenged the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision and made any abortions illegal after 20 weeks of pregnancy except for in three cases: if required to save the woman's life, to prevent "grave damage" to a woman's health and prevent the birth of a child with "grave defects." In a 5-4 vote Monday, the court said parts of the law could be enforced even if other sections...