Word: except
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...longer held the engine nacelle tightly enough in place. Said McBrearty: "All of our tests and calculations substantiate the conviction that some element of damage existed in the power-package-nacelle area of both Electras prior to their accidents." Even then, the Electras might have flown in relative safety except for violent air turbulence encountered at the Electra's speed (more than 400 m.p.h.). When the planes hit rough air, the impact apparently set their weakened nacelles to shimmying, and the engines swayed so that the propellers no longer revolved at right angles to the wings. As the propellers...
...board expenses up to $25 a day, and against other hospital costs, such as X rays and medicine (but no physicians' or surgeons' bills), up to a total of $5,000, once the policyholder has paid the first $500. A policy goes into effect at once except in the case of already diagnosed illnesses. In that event the policyholder must wait six months before claiming benefits. The policy is "guaranteed renewable' and may not be terminated by the company unless it cancels all policies in the area...
Fielding's thematic point is that everything is unimportant except what makes a man suffer, and he makes his point well...
Author Beagle, 20. has written a wry dialogue with death that may contain no large lump of wisdom but offers a fair selection of small ones. Except for an occasional lapse of taste (a coffin is a "worm Automat"), his ectoplasmic fable has a distinct, mossy charm...
Everyday crises of this sort are strangely reminiscent of what in TV parlance is known as "situation comedy." except that the meaning here is dead serious - adding up to a type of literature that might be called situation tragedy...