Word: exception
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...States shall allocate district level delegates and alternates in proportion to their percentage of the primary or caucus vote won in that district, except that preferences falling below a 15 percent threshold shall not be awarded any delegates...
...months we've been fighting every week - planned and forced," he says. "We've heard all kinds of things: other coalition troops come here and say, You don't fight enough. The thing [I would say to them] is, Can you tell me what your big operations have achieved except a temporary disruption of the Taliban...
...haunt Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas?they arise from the evil in human nature. And by the way, Kenya is not Africa's sole "island of stability." You have only to look at my home country, Ghana. Africa has been marginalized in the American media except when it comes to bloodshed. Unfortunately, you affect Africa's efforts toward development as much by what you choose not to report. William K. Agadzi, WORCESTER, MASS...
...virtually all about tax cuts. Republicans want them to go to business. Democrats want them to go to the poor and middle class. Both parties are fond of tax credits for approved interest groups and favored forms of behavior. The notion that the government is good for anything except issuing checks and printing money has just about disappeared...
...She’s just incredibly classy and seemed so glowing and vibrant in all her performances,” Lachter said, before adding, "except for in 'Monster,' for which she won an Academy Award...