Word: exception
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Union workers wore large, round straw hats, the type of which you'd expect to see in a black-and-white 1940's photo of a Chinese farmer. These hats served no purpose whatsoever, except to offend diners. What connection did these hats have to modern day China? How many of these hats were seen in Tiananmen Square? Surely, Harvard would never dare to outfit its employees in Indian headdresses and war paint to celebrate the Native American heritage. Was the use of such hats any different...
...after last night, he'll find himself much better liked by teams across the league. Except for the Princeton Tigers...
...clubs, teams, publications, orchestras, a capella groups, ethnic associations and sundry political associations. These activities can mean positions of prestige, ties of friendship, but they also mean commitment. Time and commitment. Behind every race, performance and magazine lies a large volume of meetings, rehearsals, practices, and planning sessions. Except for one loosely organized group--the Lowell Bell Tower Ringers. For them, every rehearsal is a performance, every performance a new composition. The only requirement for joining the group is a willingness to climb the eight flights of stairs and improvise on the ancient Russian bells. Any student is welcome...
...presidents are elected on the basis of their work for the review that year by all of the senior editors except the outgoing president, in an all-day, all-night process that most involved in yesterday's selection called grueling...
...Except for the graying of Bush's temples, presidential barber Milton Pitts finds no change in the upper thatch. White House photo hounds claim Bush may have dropped a few ounces from his shoulders to his tummy, but Dr. Burton Lee III says he hung a steady 197 lbs. through all twelve months...