Except for a few years, over the past decades discretionary appropriations have gone up and up.
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Bolt is everything you want in a brand, but he lacks the big stage except for every four years.
England will need to build 2m new homes a decade to meet demand, a rate it has managed every decade since the 1930s (except for the war years).
Except for twenty-five years (1797-1821) the British pound was on a gold-coin standard for two straight centuries (1717-1914).
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Since 1995, the Atlantic hurricane seasons have been above normal except for the El Nino years of 1997 and 2002.
State schools will still have to teach national curriculum subjects, but not the detailed programmes of study, except for the last two years of primary school.
Indeed, if the trend continues, the next era will see global growth that exceeds any period in the last 200 years except for the post-World War II era.
In the U.S., athletes are not allowed to go pro until they have been out of high school for three years ( except in basketball the number is one), so college sports is the only way for physically gifted kids to earn money from sports.
Texas Instruments revenues have steadily declined in the last few years, except for 2010.
Here I am buried in subnormals, and have studied nothing in 15 years, except for the now confiscated computer.
Over the next 179 years, except for times of war and a brief interlude during the 1930s, the U.S. remained on a gold standard.
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Every month for 25 years (except when I was bearish) I've brought you fresh stocks.
TASS, points out that, except for 1994, the past few years have been a benign environment for hedge funds, many of which have made most of their profits from rising share prices.
Except for firms getting TARP money, businesses could carry back losses for five years instead of only two years against past profits to get a refund.
Not much has changed for retirees, except for the addition of a few sickly years at the end due to medical technology.
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After 1975, social welfare spending continued to rise steadily (except for a slight dip in the 1980s), reaching a plateau of 14% of personal income during the mid-1990s, where it stayed except for another slight downturn in the early years of the new century, after which it rebounded back to 14%.
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That worries other tribes, who have nothing to show for seven years of talks, except large debts.
Housing has been "ranked as the fourth most significant weakness every half year for the past three years, except in December 2011 when it was fifth, " the survey said.
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And that would have been fine except it has been happening nearly every quarter for five years.
The Pauls, who are both 76 years old, have been married for 55 years, and Mr. Paul says his wife has never made a bad meal, except for a potato chip-topped tuna casserole that was never repeated.
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Except for a punishing asset-impairment accounting charge a few years ago, earnings have been generally consistent, improving a bit since a new CEO arrived in 2009.
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In 15 years, she was never in Rhode Island except for an occasional Christmas visit.
In other words, stocks would have been dead money (with no return except for dividends) for six-and-a-half years.
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That would be terrific, except for this: The whack only applies to assets held 10 years or longer.
Except for the occasional small oil and gas find in its early years, Israel has searched in vain for energy.
If the current law expires and no tax deal is reached in Washington, then capital gains rates would rise to 20% (except for investments acquired after 2001 and held for at least five years, which would qualify for a special 18% rate).
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Except for oil, most sensitive commodity prices have risen only slightly after years of decline, the dollar remains strong, real short-term interest rates are near historical norms, and productivity growth has accelerated in recent quarters.
For years Mali have had everything a top team needs - except a world class forward.
Over the last thirteen years, INTC has generated positive economic earnings every year except for two, an accomplishment matched by only a handful of companies in the world.
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