Word: except
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Muslims have remained generally unperturbed at the uproar, except for one remark by Turner that, if the whites resorted to violence, "we will send a thousand Muslims in there" to fight back. Instead, they have sought relief in the courts while continuing to look for other expansion sites in the South. There are reports that the Muslims have quietly bought up to 50,000 additional acres below the Mason-Dixon line...
...Except, perhaps, for admirers of Johnny Cash and country music, in that order. The Johnny Cash Show, a fill-in hit last summer, is back on ABC with more of the Nashville sound. Another fair-weather favorite, Hee Haw, has returned to CBS; a bucolic Laughin, the show has a certain nitwit charm-for about seven minutes...
...annual ration of cloth is enough for two everyday outfits, but not enough for an ao-dai, the ladies' flowing tunic-cum-trousers, or for a winter coat. There is little local transportation except for bicycles. One recent visitor to Hanoi reported that the only nonessential goods he saw for sale were some Chinese-made pingpong balls. Hanoi's beer gardens frequently sell out before closing time. Hanoi Moi recently carried one letter from a cigarette-factory worker who apologized for the number of cigarettes that were "only half full of tobacco," and another from a smoker...
...CURIOUS Beast might have been a Chimera, Except that the Head and skinny Neck, and great, drooping Tail of a Cock, were affixed to the Body of an Ass. Flopping at either Flank was a huge, Sludge-colored Wing, from the Tip of each of which grew a small Talon, causing great Mystery. Each hoof was a giant Talon grappling the Floor...
...movie yesterday, when I was alone. "Why?" asked one character to the boy. "We make love to compensate for death, to prove that we exist." Which reminds me of this girl named Lauren who will not go to bed with anyone except her husband (should she have one). Lauren is pretty, Lauren has long legs, Lauren has blue eyes, does she exist...