Word: excepts
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...pedicures, revealed faithfully every Friday night by mini-skirts and stilettos. While I am secretly impressed by their die-hard commitment to fashion in the recent below-zero temperatures, I have found a much simpler means of garnishing male attention—abstinence: the utility of which is unimaginable except by those who experience it on a regular basis. In addition to preserving health and happiness, virginity is extremely alluring—even in sweatpants...
...time. Guests of the opposite sex must be signed in by a co-host of the same sex. Under the new policy proposed by Dean Kenneth Elmore, the process of registering an overnight guest visit will be quicker. A three-day guest pass will no longer be required except for the eight largest residences. Students will also gain access to dorms between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. the next day. Rose L. Weiner, a junior at BU who moved off campus her sophomore year, said that the current guest restrictions kept her from studying effectively with fellow students...
...many an enslaved people from becoming a damned people—the difference being that enslaved peoples know their enslavement is caused by an illogical madness, while the damned only consider it to be the status quo. The advancement of agendas and co-opting of history can expunge all, except that which is funny...
...bungalow. If we get hit by a hurricane, it's bye-bye Port Gentil." He has relayed his concerns to the petroliers, "and they know full well that some of the blame for global warming, disturbed weather patterns and rising sea levels is theirs." But except for a single firm funding a study of Gabon's environment, they confine themselves to hearing out Hot Brains, then politely showing him the door. "This town is being eaten by the sea," says Gorayeb. "Just saying 'Hello, bye-bye' is not enough any more...
...East Timor is one of the poorest countries in the world. Although the promise of offshore oil and natural gas tantalizes the nation's finance czars, there's little to fuel the economy except for one notable exception: coffee. Cultivated from plantations started by the Portuguese, East Timorese coffee is a wonderful thing: rich, nutty, smooth. Starbucks apparently thinks so, too, because it is one of the top purchasers of Timorese coffee. Yet a search of Starbucks' U.S. website, which lists the provenance of all its bean blends, comes up with no results for coffee from East Timor. There...