Word: except
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...EXCEPT for occasional Communist patrols that stole to within a few tantalizing miles of Luangprabang and Vientiane, there was little military movement in Laos last week. Exhausted after their defeat by Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese troops on the Plain of Jars, General Vang Pao's U.S.-supported Meo guerrillas retired into their mountains to rest and regroup. Almost nothing stirred on the ground in northern Laos, except for some 20,000 Meo, many of them families of Pao's warriors, who began "walking out" of their hillside enclaves towards the Thai border and relative safety from...
...letter existed. Government spokesmen refused to honor the coup rumors with a denial. Neither in Moscow nor abroad was there the slightest evidence of a power struggle-or even of a letter. On the contrary, the Soviet capital was stolidly quiet. There were no signs of unusual military activity except for huge Soviet army maneuvers in Byelorussia -and Brezhnev was on the scene reviewing the exercise with Defense Minister Andrei Grechko...
...counted, as in the case of Mary and Joseph's eventful journey to Bethlehem. In the present day, many countries order their citizens to remain at home for a specified period to await the census taker. All Cuba will be virtually paralyzed on census day this year except for ambulance drivers and census takers. In Mexico, fines for leaving one's house unoccupied on the vital day, Jan. 28, ran as high...
...midi goes to great lengths to look like a loser. Unflattering (except over legs that never quit and hips that never start) and impractical (except to cover up a bad case of knees), the latest dress length seems as anachronistic as the New Look and more of a drag than the bustle...
Representatives from every House except Dudley are lining up to fight for coed living in their particular House. On Sunday, they will present their arguments before a three-member committee that President Pusey appointed earlier this week...