Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unit, the freshman hockey squad was a faster team than any of its opponents, except Colby. This speed resulted because a group of particularly good individual skaters had that saving grace of being able to work well together. Unfortunately, however, because of playing so many teams which didn't really care in the earlier part of the season, the freshmen never learned to play under pressure, as evidenced in its 4-3 overtime loss to Yale...
...Except for the goalies, the defense was the Crimson weak-spot, as its members were less experienced than those of the line. It improved gradually, however, throughout the season. Defensemen Dean Alpine and Dave Conner, for instance, were probably the players who improved most during the course of the year...
...urge to enhance Macmillan's prestige with the British electorate; to the Russians, Britain's Socialists, with their distrust of the U.S. and their more experimental approach to the cold war, have more appeal than the Tories. Khrushchev's main interest in the Macmillan visit, obvious except to Whitehall, lay in his hope that it would uncover a split between the U.S. and British governments over Berlin. When he found Macmillan consistently taking the line that the West was unshakably united in the determination to hold its position in Berlin, Khrushchev complained to his companions that Macmillan...
...Except for this flatulent postscript, Author Menen's sprightly wit and stylish prose make The Fig Tree the choicest summer reading of the winter...
...varsity meet, Yale had no particular difficulty winning every event except the dive and the final relay (where they were disqualified). The giants from New Haven set two new pool records and always looked impressive, particularly in the medley relay...