Word: excepts
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Finance committee Chair Jamila A. Braswell '95consistently asked that the council adhere to thecommittee's recommendations, except in cases wherean exceptional need or change in circumstance wasdemonstrated...
...they're thinking about finally changing the exam schedule so that Harvard works like most other normal collges. Not a bad idea--except for one glitch. That glorious winter reading period...
History has shown that Americans have short term memories with regard to Latin American issues. What U.S. citizen remembers and can fully justify Operation "Just" Cause? Can anyone--except perhaps a federal agent--truly say that they know what happened in Nicaragua? The validity of Galbraith's statement is truly frightening. In six months, or maybe even less, NAFTA will just be another acronym in U.S. foreign policy history. But the truth is that if NAFTA does not get approved when voted in the U.S. Congress this week, not only Mexico, but much of Latin America, will remember the rejection...
...activism of the religious right. "I can identify with them on theology, probably, in many areas," he says, "but in the political emphases they have, I don't, because I don't think Jesus or the Apostles took sides in the political arenas of their day." He opposes abortion except in cases involving rape, incest or danger to the mother's life, but he is critical of Operation Rescue. "I think they have gone much too far, and their cause has been hurt. The tactics ought to be prayer and discussion...
...Congressperson who wants to be re-elected follows the polls. Except when serious campaign money is involved, and then he or she generally follows the money. (Do you think the average Congressperson really believes 18-year-olds must have the "right" to buy handguns with silencers and armor-piercing bullets?) So if Lee Iacocca, who's joined the NAFTA push, can just get those poll numbers up -- and happily, they're rising -- then the Congresspersons will be able to vote yea. To many of them, this will be a relief...