Word: excepting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...OPEC countries are already producing at full capacity, trying to catch up with after decreasing production in line with the 1997 financial crisis. There is a worldwide oil shortage, and America is feeling the effects far less than most countries. America has the lowest gas prices in the world except for the United Arab Emirates. Any more shocks to oil production--such as aggression by Saddam Hussein, cuts in production by Iraq or other OPEC member nations, or natural disaster--could lead to a full-blown oil crisis reminiscent...
...desk of one of Al Gore's closest advisers - who turned them over to the FBI - rumors, fanciful tales and flat-out fabrications about who was behind the caper have whizzed between the two campaigns and the press rooms of the world. The facts have been on holiday. Except at the FBI, where agents have been quietly interviewing the handful of top Bush aides who had access to the material. Oddly, one senior Bush adviser who hadn't been interviewed as of Saturday afternoon was chief campaign strategist Karl Rove. That fact alone started a new torrent of speculation...
...Duets"? A musical. "Coyote Ugly"? A musical. Except for Tyra Banks - I think she was in a tragedy. And "The Perfect Storm"? Should have been an old-style '40s musical. Then it would have come out a few decades before my birth and I never would have...
...excited whenever a new release was coming. This year I can only count on one hand the number of hip-hop albums I have been eager to hear (Nelly, Eminem and Outkast). The corporate takeover of hip-hop has taken away much of the creativity and genius, except for the underground stuff, and that rare album where an artist is allowed to grow and shine rather than being forced to follow a formula...
...Contestant applies chalk. Contestant grabs bar. Contestant lifts bar. Contestant makes a happy grimace and drops bar. Contestant leaves stage. But it's not without drama, as the women try to psych each other out backstage by making their next lift heavier and heavier. Sort of like muscle poker. Except everybody's bluff is eventually called...