Word: except
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...peddling the byproduct of his work as a $15,000-a-year servant of the people, the Senator had not actually broken any laws. Congressmen often get fees for making speeches and writing magazine articles. Members of Congress are no more limited in moneymaking ventures than other citizens, except that they may not take fees for lobbying or dealing with Government agencies. The rest is up to their moral judgment. McCarthy had raised a question of propriety-and his fancy author's fee was enough to raise eyebrows...
...Keep Friends. Czechoslovakia does have nearly full employment, and its standard of living is now the highest of any country in the Communist world. All basic foodstuffs, except meat and butter, are unrationed, and clothing coupons are being more generously released. But in the "free market," prices are still 50 to 500% above rationed goods...
Next morning, reinforced by garrison troops moved down at night from nearby Tingo, Odría's forces counterattacked, recaptured all points, crushed the rebellion. At least 50 civilians and eight soldiers were killed, scores more wounded. By noon, except for occasional sniping from rooftops, the uprising was over. Rebel Chieftain Mostajo was arrested, then released because the army feared that jailing would put him in a martyr's niche...
...Senators got the better of the deal." In giving her views on the cold war, twelve-year-old Stephanie observed: "I think that now we are either going to have a war or we are going to have peace . . ." Adult listeners, weighing such comments, were forced to concede that except for their piping, treble voices, the young pundits sounded a good deal like their radio elders...
...Except for one answer which suggested that Harvard by its historical, geographical, and economic position ought to cater more to Massachusetts natives, comments on the University admissions policy generally praised it as fair. One answer went so far as to label the Fair Education Practices Act a "vile insult to my own college." Several voiced doubts about the absolute absence of unfair discrimination in the Medical School, however...