Word: except
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...federal assistance for parochial schools ("clearly unconstitutional"), opposed to sending an ambassador to the Vatican ("It was last proposed by a Baptist President"), and if confronted with a bill providing foreign aid funds for birth control, "I would neither veto nor sign such a bill on any basis except what I considered to be the public interest...
...openly opposed Rhee's re-election to the presidency, and in 1956 earned Rhee's abid ing hatred by getting himself elected Vice President on the Democratic ticket. Rhee isolated him by excluding him from all participation in govern ment, did not even speak to him except on ceremonial occasions. Then an assassin took a potshot at him, hit ting him in the hand; Chang was so shaken that he retired to his home, surrounded himself with hand-picked bodyguards, and rarely ventured forth. And though he courageously continued to denounce the corruption and brutality of the Rhee...
...bits of misinformation," the Post said: "[The 'Voice'] goes in for the blind item, the sick item, and the vengeance item . . . Yet it has never succeeded in making or breaking any performer or public figure. Nor has Kilgallen herself ever become a figure of influence or intrigue, except among pressagents, who fear her as they fear almost anyone who can type...
...military uses may be more important. Solid-fuel missiles, built so that they will float nose-up, might be anchored under the surface in protected places such as the lagoons of Pacific atolls. They would be easily moved, hard for an enemy to find, and almost impossible to damage except by the near-pinpoint hit of a nuclear weapon. Their guidance systems would know exactly where they were, so they could be programed to strike in any desired direction. If an all-out war started, the high-flying minefields should be able to rise from the sea, triggered by electrical...
Many another kid has had such a dream ?but to Palmer it was no fancy. "Except for Bobby Jones," says a friend, "Arnie never idolized any golfer. I think he figured he'd beat them all some day." Step by step, his father carefully laid the foundations for Arnold's game. The Deacon drilled his son endlessly on his stroke ("Left arm straight, right arm close, hands tight on the club"), brushed off criticism that the boy's swing was too violent ("When he gets older, he'll balance himself better"). In the process, Palmer absorbed from his father...