He was naked except for a clout.

Having nothing else to do except wait for my forms to be processed, I gave myself over to speculations concerning the hall itself.

They thought it would be a chance for you to make a life out where nobody will be thought any better than the next except for just what's inside of them.

The sneaker reached out once more to tap against the mass and Ramey's vision darkened except for an unreasonable clarity of the man's leg.

Now, she just sat there looking at him, without an expression except concern for him.

As for states' rights, they have never counted in the thinking of my liberal friends except as irritations of a minor and immoral nature which exist now only as anachronisms.

but many historians maintain that except for Northern meddling it would have ended in states like Virginia years before it did.

It takes a great deal of abstraction to free oneself from the primitive impression of larger unities of power and influence and to view one's world simply as a collection of sense data arranged in such and such sequence and pattern, devoid of all power to move the feelings and actions except in so far as they present themselves for inspection.

As to benefits to employees, it is notorious for its callous disregard except where it depends on them for services.

The fact that he has cast over those materials the light of a skeptical mind does not make him any the less Southern, I rather think, for the South has been no more solid than other regions except in the political and related areas where patronage and force and intimidation and fear may produce a surface uniformity.

She has rarely been photographed with him and, except for Carl's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration in Chicago in 1953, she has not attended the dozens of banquets, functions, public appearances, and dinners honoring him -- all of this upon her insistence.

This conference was held despite Stavropoulos' assurance to Adolf Berle, who was leaving the same day for Puerto Rico, that nothing would be done until his return on January 22, except that the Secretary General would probably order the list destroyed.

The water was deep and Brownlow took his troopers across naked -- except for guns, cartridge boxes and hats.

All of the elders except three voted for death, but a majority of the deputies refused to sanction the sentence.

The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

When Blackman emerged from the bedroom, everyone was gone except the tolerant Lord Thomson, who stayed and chatted with him for half an hour, and then Blackman lay awake most of that night, despairing of what he must expect on the Continent.

It was going to be hard going all the way because he hadn't written seriously for a while, except for a few stories, was tired of the old method of realismo he had so successfully used in The Sky Is Red.

This was the largest house he had ever been in, almost the largest building, except for a hotel.

The stage had been empty, except for Harry Hawk, doing his star monologue.

The O'Dwyers were real religious people except for Kate.

Hino talked very little about himself except for the infrequent times when he used a personal illustration in connection with another subject.

A hypothetical pre-Glagolitic writing system is typically referred to as cherty i rezy ( strokes and incisions )-but no material evidence of the existence of any pre-Glagolitic Slavic writing system has been found, except for a few brief and vague references in old chronicles and " lives of the saints ".

After asking the children to point to the places on the dolls where they had allegedly been touched and asking leading questions, she diagnosed sexual abuse in virtually all McMartin children, and coerced disclosures using lengthy interviews which rewarded discussions of abuse and punished denials ; testimony during the trial was often contradictory and vague on all details except for the assertion that the abuse had occurred.

Islam was barely mentioned or used in politics or life except as a vague spiritual focus for unified opposition against the Soviet Union.

Asimov remained vague about the technical details except to assert that the brain's substructure was formed from an alloy of platinum and iridium.

After the Concordat of 1801 — itself the most dazzling manifestation of the pope's supreme power — French Governments made some pretence of reviving, in the Organic Articles, the " Ancient Gallican Liberties " and the obligation of teaching the articles of 1682, but ecclesiastical Gallicanism was never again resuscitated except in the form of a vague mistrust of Rome.

So far, except for rehashing old complaints and the unacceptable claim that other former Soviet republics fall within Russia ’ s ' sphere of privileged interests ', Mr Medvedev and Mr Lavrov have been vague about what they have in mind.

The distinction between orders and decorations is somewhat vague, except that most historic orders imply a membership in a group.

These Toa did not remember or know anything about their quest, except for vague memories and their own names.

Strauss himself noted that he came from a " conservative, even orthodox Jewish home ," but one which knew little about Judaism except strict adherence to ceremonial laws.

Some Turkmen do not regularly attend mosque services or demonstrate their adherence publicly, except through participation in officially sanctioned national traditions associated with Islam on a popular level, including life-cycle events such as weddings, burials, and pilgrimages.

It does not, in my view, impose or encourage nationwide uniformity for its own sake ; it does not command adherence to forms that happen to be old ; and it does not impose on the States the rules that may be in force in the federal courts except where such rules are also found to be essential to basic fairness.

But the Russians use gymnastics as the first step in training for all other sports because it provides training in every basic quality except one, endurance.

In contrast, the basic definition of " whisky " in the United States has no specific aging duration requirements for whiskey, except for whiskey labelled as " straight " ( which must be aged for at least two years ).

The basic plumage colour is brownish, sometimes greenish ; many have considerable amounts of black, while white plumage is generally absent except as wing-bars or other signalling marks.

This first lodge did not teach any magical practices per se ( except for basic " banishing " rituals and meditation ), but was rather a philosophical and metaphysical teaching order.

In the new system, all hull classification symbols are at least two letters ; for basic types the symbol is the first letter of the type name, doubled, except for aircraft carriers.

They use the same basic technology, except that arbitrary images are made up of a large number of small pixels, while other displays have larger elements.

It is similar to a basic income or negative income tax system, except that it is normally conditional and subject to a means test.

* Double Whammy: Played like basic scoring, except that a successful 1-bid earns 15 points, a successful 2-bid earns 22, and further successive bids are awarded in multiples of 11 ( 33 for 3, 44 for 4, etc .).

* In Dutch adverbs have the basic form of their corresponding adjectives and are not inflected ( except for comparison in which case they are inflected like adjectives, too ).

Examples include the production of " cut-down " versions of software or hardware that is built from the same basic hardware design or code-base as the full product, except for design elements added with the sole function of removing or restricting functionality.

Thus it is included in all ( except some basic ) Cable / IPTV subscriptions.

The Hellenistic colonies and cities of the era, retain some basic characteristics of a polis, except: the status of independence ( city-state ) and the political life.

The basic operating principle of TRANSIT is similar to the system used by emergency locator transmitters, except their transmitter is on the ground and the receiver is in orbit.

* Reserve ( accounting ), any part of shareholders ' equity, except for basic share capital

( Note-the term “ liposome ” is essentially synonymous with “ vesicle ” except that vesicle is a general term for the structure whereas liposome only refers to artificial, not natural vesicles ) The basic idea of liposomal drug delivery is that the drug is encapsulated in solution inside the liposome then injected into the patient.

The basic construction concept from the prototypes was retained, except that the roof was made of ABS plastic, and the lower frame chassis elements were made of steel.

Internal cartridge for five CDs ( external view ) Internal cartridge CD changers work on the same basic principle as external cartridge players, except the cartridge never leaves the CD player.

It featured the same basic engine as the HA, but enlarged to 1159 cc, but with the added weight of the larger body the final drive gearing was reduced from 3. 9 to 1 to 4. 1 ( except the SL90 which retained the 3. 9 diff ) to keep the nippy performance.

Courts ( except for the one at Falkland Palace, a jeu quarré design ) share the same basic layout but have slightly different dimensions.

However in the history of nuclear weapons, the development of fission weapons was never strongly hindered by basic design questions except in the very first nuclear weapons programs.

On 1 June 1958, Charles de Gaulle was appointed head of the government ; on 3 June 1958, a constitutional law empowered the new government to draft a new Constitution of France, and another law granted Charles de Gaulle and his cabinet the power to rule by decree for up to 6 months, except on certain matters related to the basic rights of citizens ( criminal law, etc .).

The interior was spartan with a basic cloth-and-vinyl bench seat, lacking even carpets in early models, and few options were available-just the basics such as power steering and front disc brakes, AM radio, air conditioning ( except with the 426 Hemi ) and automatic transmission.

Note that the above basic schematic is essentially the same as in the patent drawing, except that the tube is replaced by a J-FET, and that the battery for a negative grid bias is not needed.

* Section 28: children's rights, including the right to a name and nationality, the right to family or parental care, the right to a basic standard of living, the right to be protected from maltreatment and abuse, the protection from inappropriate child labour, the right not to be detained except as a last resort, the paramountcy of the best interests of the child and the right to an independent lawyer in court cases involving the child, and the prohibition of the military use of children.