That closes the final part of this true story, except for the incident that followed many years later.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Mr.Obama says he is standing by his pledge to freeze spending for three years in all areas except national security, and programs funded through special taxes that help the elderly and the poor.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

The Pakistani army has fought in Waziristan several times in recent years with little to show for its efforts except peace deals that have quickly fallen apart and emboldened Mehsud and his fighters.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

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.

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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).

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