Except for the odd uptown sex maniac or an overeager Greek sailor, the people watch in calm absorption.

Except for a rich friendship with the painter, Chauncey Ryder who gave him the only professional instruction he ever had -- and this was limited to a few lessons, though the two artists often went on painting trips together -- Roy developed his art by himself.

Except for the wine waiter in a restaurant -- always an inscrutable plenipotentiary unto himself, the genii with the keys to unlock the gates of the wine world are one's dealer, and the foreign shipper or negociant who in turn supplies him.

Except for those minutes in her room, he had lost touch with her as a reality.

Except for that one morning.

Except for sophomore center Mike Kelsey and fullback Mike Rice, Meek expects the squad to be physically sound for Rice.

Except for a few months in late 1960 and early 1961, retail farm equipment sales have trailed year-earlier levels since the latter part of 1959.

`` Except for Shabbat, when they are praying all day ''.

Except for AcPO < sub > 4 </ sub >, they are all similar to the corresponding lanthanum compounds and contain actinium in the oxidation state + 3.

Except for one occasion, the Project never played live during its original incarnation.

Except for the flow direction, the Amazon and the Hamza have very different characteristics.

Except for men's and women's meetings, most meetings targeting specific demographics ( including newcomers, gays, and young people ) do not exclude other alcoholics.

Except for the American designs, tank destroyers were all turretless and had fixed or casemate superstructures.

Except for the Chobe, Okavango, Boteti and Limpopo rivers, most of Botswana's rivers cease to flow during the dry and early rainy seasons.

Except for a few primitive types such as sponges ( which have no nervous system ) and jellyfish ( which have a nervous system consisting of a diffuse nerve net ), all living animals are bilaterians, meaning animals with a bilaterally symmetric body shape ( that is, left and right sides that are approximate mirror images of each other ).

Except for this one difference, the first and second Bernoulli numbers agree.

Except for the smaller rivers in the southeast, most of the major rivers and river systems in Cambodia drain into the Tonle Sap or into the Mekong River.

Except for the several relatively good toll roads which connect major cities ( all of them one-lane ) roads are poorly maintained and subject to inclement weather, since only 10 % of the roadways are tarred.

Except for nautiloids ( represented by the modern order Nautilida ) and coleoids ( which had already diverged into modern octopodes, squids, and cuttlefish ) all other species of the molluscan class Cephalopoda became extinct at the K – T boundary.

Except for the House of Braganza ( founded by an illegitimate son of King John I of Portugal, who was himself illegitimate ), all current major Capetian branches are of the Bourbon cadet branch.

Except for one shot of the woman mentioned above sleeping and suddenly waking up, the film is composed entirely of photographs by Jean Chiabaud and stars Davos Hanich as the man, Hélène Chatelain as the woman and filmmaker William Klein as a man from the future.

Except for the partnership, all business forms are designed to provide limited liability to both members of the organization and external investors.

Except for the Antikythera mechanism, an " out of the time " astronomical device, development of computing tools arrived in the beginning of the 17th century: Geometric-military compass by Galileo, Logarithms and Napier Bones by Napier, slide rule by Edmund Gunter.

Except for a man of religion ( wadaad ), and they were few in number, all Somali males were considered potential warriors.

Except for the " Gold " badge and the pre-2005 " Competition Winners ' Badge ", the badges are in the shape of a shield containing the Blue Peter ship logo, designed by Tony Hart.

Except when hill-soaring ( exploiting the lift close to the up-wind side of a hill ), these are generally very unprofitable positions for glider pilots to be in.

Except for asymmetric designs ( or symmetric designs at significant sideslip ), the longitudinal equations of motion ( involving pitch and lift forces ) may be treated independently of the lateral motion ( involving roll and yaw ).

Except for the resort area near the dam, most of the property around the lake is private.

Except for a M-8 shield on the Lodge Freeway's Davison Avenue exit signs, the non-freeway portion of M-8 remains unsigned, including at the Davison Avenue exit from the Jeffries where new Clearview signs were erected as part of a large I-96 reconstruction project in 2005.

Steven Wilson originally launched the band in 1986 as a solo project called No Man Is An Island ( Except The Isle Of Man ), recording an instrumental track called " From A Toyshop Window " which blended progressive rock with synth pop.

Except for the citadel and churches, Elbing at the time was more of a small village by modern standards.

Except for an abortive royal colony established under Major Claus Paarss between 1728 and 1730, colonial Greenland was administered by companies under royal charter until 1908.

Except for a few months he would spend in Clinton, Wisconsin, following his divorce, and his time in Hollywood while he was the head of TSR's entertainment division, Lake Geneva would be his home for the rest of his life.

Except for a select few cognoscenti, the general public did not recognize Kemp's leadership ability, although he was a successful man of ideas.

Except for the fortress and its immediate vicinity Luxembourg was considered a province of the new Belgian state from 1830 to 1839.

Except for the aforementioned 1910 game, the only major match not to involve Glamorgan was a Test Trial in July 1932, which was badly affected by the weather and saw play on only one of the scheduled three days.

Except for the group label, in all three conditions the description of the indoctrination process was identical.

Waterhouse was dismissed as architect in 1878 and succeeded by George Gilbert Scott, who, after extending the Chapel, provided additional accommodation with the construction of New Court in 1881, with letters on a series of shields along the string course above the first floor spelling out the Psalm text " Nisi Dominus aedificat domum …" (" Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but vain that build it ").

Except in the case of a khul ' divorce initiated by a woman, the divorced wife generally keeps her dowry from when she was married.

Except for his chapel, the church was largely destroyed in the Second World War and was rebuilt in 1958.

Except for minor color changes throughout the years, this logo remained the same until the team was renamed the Titans in 1999.

Except for his customary summer vacations in the Adirondacks ( at Keene Valley, New York ) and later at the White Mountains ( in Intervale, New Hampshire ), his sojourn in Europe in 1866-9 was almost the only time that Gibbs ever spent outside of New Haven.

Except for Doby, their play in the Negro leagues was a minor factor in their selection: Aaron, Banks, and Mays played in Negro leagues only briefly and after the leagues had declined with the migration of many black players to the integrated minor leagues ; Campanella ( 1969 ) and Robinson ( 1962 ) were selected before the Hall began considering performance in the Negro leagues.

Except for the king's properties, land in Macedon was free: Macedonians were free men and did not pay land taxes on private grounds.

" Patton shot back, " Except for Operation Torch, which I planned and which was a great success, I have never been given the chance to plan.

Except for KDAF ( which was sold to Renaissance Broadcasting in 1995 and became a WB affiliate at the same time ), all the original stations are still part of the Fox network today.

Except in cases of bias or negligence, these petitions were barred by an act that passed Congress in 1894 and was upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court in U. S. vs Lem Moon Sing ( 1895 ).

Except for certain fertile areas in Hedemarken and Østfold, crops were limited to hardy grains, such as oats, rye, and barley ; and livestock to sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, and some poultry ; in places this was complemented with hunting.

Except for a few bruises, he was not injured.

Except for the worst months of the construction period, known as the " Speedo " ( mid-spring to mid-October 1943 ), one of the ways the Allied POWs kept their spirits going in the hellish conditions was to ask one of the musicians in their midst to play his guitar or accordion for them, or lead them in a group singalong, or request their camp comedians to tell some rough jokes, or put on a skit.