Word: exception
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...initial terms of reference of the Geneva peace conference remain in force, except as may be agreed on by the parties...
...guerrillas presently control all of the Ogaden, except the important towns of Harar and Dire Dawa (see map). In late August they ended a 15-day siege of the town of Jijiga (pop. 4,000) with a final push that sent 4,000 mutinous Ethiopian troops scurrying off through the nearby Marda Pass. The fighting zone is now more than 50 miles away, but dust-blown little Jijiga is not yet out of enemy range, as Correspondent Wood discovered on his visit there. "Without warning," he reports, "three Ethiopian jets suddenly screamed over the town, pumping rockets and bombs into...
...Except for the unknown status of injured defensive linemen Charley Kaye, Steve Kaseta and Russ Savage, all the signs bode well for Restic's troops. The word around Soldier's Field is that even practice went exceedingly well this week...
...programs in the maximum end, where the toughest cases start out. There are, for example, no drug programs; self-confessed addicts in the max end have to go through withdrawal without support, so it isn't surprising that there's heavy drug traffic in Walpole. No skills are taught, except in a program designed, staffed and funded by the American Friends Service Committee in collaboration with the inmates themselves. Inmates are alone in their cells 20 out of 24 hours. Psychiatric care is nonexistent; medical care is minimal (there is one doctor for the entire prison). Discipline is often harsh...
...Harvard is going to be a tennis superpower, a neo-Princeton," Clarke said. "Except we don't play in turtlenecks and alligators," Pier pont added...