Word: excepts
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...October of America's oldest department store. And he's overseeing a makeover as bold as his brightly colored tie. To prove his dedication to the turnaround, he and his wife have made a pact to buy almost all their clothes from the retailer, and everything he is wearing except the tie ("I had clothes before I bought Lord & Taylor") is from his store. Baker's practical approach has made him a quick learner. "You laugh, and it's funny, but the truth is that if you don't wear the product of the store, you don't know certain...
...across Botswana, and four more mobile clinics to reach remote areas. More than 7,000 health workers have been trained in treating HIV/AIDS. Of the estimated 110,000 people who need treatment in Botswana, 82,000 receive it - a proportion higher than any other country in sub-Saharan Africa except Rwanda. Mother-to - fetus transmission of HIV/AIDS has dropped from 2 in 5 to 1 in 16. Transmission rates among young people have also dropped 20%. And the overall HIV/AIDS infection rate has declined: among 15- to 49-year-olds, it fell from 37.4% to 32.4% between...
...twist: the players aren't citizen-soldiers; they're mercenaries. They can be bought, bartered and sold, and once they are, they go from heroes to enemies. They're valued only when they wear the uniform. And once they hang it up for good, we stop caring about them, except when they take us on a stroll down memory lane. The press rarely reports on what happens to ex-players--the injuries that intensify as the athletes approach middle age, the financial woes that afflict players who make too much money too fast and then see it disappear. And there...
...twist: the players aren't citizen-soldiers; they're mercenaries. They can be bought, bartered and sold, and once they are, they go from heroes to enemies. They're valued only when they wear the uniform. And once they hang it up for good, we stop caring about them, except when they take us on a stroll down memory lane. The press rarely reports on what happens to ex-players - the injuries that intensify as the athletes approach middle age, the financial woes that afflict players who make too much money too fast and then see it disappear. And there...
...Department is overwhelmingly dependent on contractors like Blackwater for its security. As he put it, "There is simply no way at all that the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security could ever have enough full-time personnel to staff the security function in Iraq. There is no alternative except through contracts...