Word: excepts
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Clinton is emboldened not just by her Tuesday wins, but by several other developments over the past few days. She has now taken the popular votes in all the major industrial states that have held contests, except for Obama's home state of Illinois. Additionally, from Clinton's point of view, Obama is only now beginning to experience the aggressive media scrutiny standard for a serious presidential candidate. And she has finally found an advertising and rhetorical strategy to highlight Obama's relative lack of national security experience - his greatest weakness with voters...
...Schafer said, adding, “We had some breakdowns—we had some opportunities, but we didn’t get our head up and make that extra pass and forced it [instead].”That, ultimately, was the difference in the game. Except a span at the end of the third period where Harvard struggled on the power play—including a brief 5-on-3—the visitors made the most of their chances, stealing back the momentum with unexpected goals. On the other hand, Cornell—perhaps feeling extra pressure because...
...isn’t graduating any of its players at the end of this year, inexperience will be a thing of the past next season. “We are not graduating a single player,” West said. “We are a team without change, except for recruits. All of our guys are going to be training in the off-season so we will much stronger next season.” —Staff writer Alison E. Schumer can be reached at schumer@fas.harvard.edu...
...Green Mountain State was once an independent republic, and it still goes its own way; a 2007 statewide poll found 13% support for secession. Vermont was the only state to support the Anti-Masonic ticket in 1832, the only state except Utah to go for President Taft in 1912, the only state except nearby Maine to oppose President Roosevelt in 1936. No one has ever claimed that as Vermont goes, so goes the nation. So on Tuesday, when Vermont's voters go to the polls, the world will be watching - Texas and Ohio...
...After a merger is announced between the ABA and the National Basketball Association, Moon realizes that his team must be one of the top three ABA teams to stay in the league. Given that most of the team can’t even make a free throw—except for Clarence Brown, played by the rapper Andre 3000—this appears almost impossible. The movie centers on the extreme measures the team takes to avoid expulsion from the league. It’s a plot that sounds extremely familiar. “Semi-Pro” is essentially...