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 Wimbledon, Wilander played a full schedule in 1994.

Except for a brief interruption in 2000, it held the parliamentary majority between 1994 and 2004, when it lost the election to the conservative Slovenian Democratic Party.

Except for a brief retirement for the 1994 – 95 season, Kilrea coached the 67's until the end of the 2008 – 09 season, and is also the General Manager of the club.

The 1993 record " Ella Ana " ( Except Me ), produced by Rocky Records, was the best record for Angham between 1987 and 1994.

* Complex Blue: Except for the Love, I'm Too Sad / Theme of Romance / Theme of SolitudeCOMPLEX BLUE － 愛だけ哀しすぎて －/ THEME OF ROMANCE / THEME OF SOLITUDE ( Complex Blue-Ai dake Kanashisugite / Theme of Romance / Theme of Solitude ) ( September 20, 1994 )

**" Complex Blue: Except for the Love, I'm Too Sad " was the theme song for the 1994 Fuji network video series " Complex Blue ".

Except for Philips, these buildings are all constructed of native Chester County serpentine stone.

Except for a brief appearance by Colin Powell, who hurriedly addressed the closing stages of the conference while his airplane taxied on the runway of Johannesburg International, the US government did not send a delegation, earning Bush praise in a letter from conservative organizations such as Americans for Tax Reform, American Enterprise Institute, and Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Except for the unplanned casualties, the battle had gone according to plan ; the Spanish had surrendered the city to the Americans, and it had not fallen to the Filipinos.

Except for the 38th Division's brutal struggle at ZigZag Pass, the swift and easy recapture of the province of Zambales and the Bataan peninsula, enabled the Americans full use of Manila Bay and its world-class deepwater port.

Except in the case of the isotopes of hydrogen ( which differ greatly from each other in relative mass — enough to cause chemical effects ), the isotopes of the various elements are typically chemically nearly indistinguishable from each other.

Except for star-based networks, the easiest way to add more computers into a network is by daisy-chaining, or connecting each computer in series to the next.

Except in a few ( typically subterranean ) species, one simply constructed eye ( ocellus ) lies laterally, just underneath the head, behind each antenna.

Except for CP / M and versions of MS-DOS / PC DOS prior to version 5. 0, each of these operating systems assigns drive letters according to the following algorithm:

Except for the five-part set of episodes made from the pilot movie, each 22 minute episode of the series was self-contained.

* Except for at Hajj, every salah ( each of the five daily prayers ) needs to be made in its regular time.

Except for motorcycles, vehicles without a transponder are therefore charged the Video Toll charge + Account fee on their first trip each month.

Except in the special case of a polar geosynchronous orbit, a satellite in a polar orbit will pass over the equator at a different longitude on each of its orbits.

This reintroduction began in fall 2001 and has added birds to the population in each subsequent year ( Except that in early 2007, a disastrous storm killed all of the 2006 yearlings after their arrival in Florida.

Except for a very brief period in February 1985, if neither team had reached the $ 1, 000 goal after ten questions the value of each question was doubled to $ 200.

Except in Northern Ireland, the only corporal punishment officially available in Borstal was the birch for mutiny or assaulting an officer, and this could be imposed only by the visiting magistrates, subject in each case to the personal approval of the Home Secretary, just as in adult prisons.

Except for the difference in the number of deputies, the provisions of the federal Constitution applied equally to the national councils of each republic: deputies were elected to five-year terms of office ; the national councils had to hold at least two sessions annually ; and each national council elected its own presidium ( fifteen to twenty-one members in the Slovak National Council and up to twenty-five members in the Czech National Council ), which was empowered to act when the full national council was not in session.

Except for Argyll and Bute and the City of Glasgow, the 19 districts were grouped to form ' sub-regions ' or ' divisions ', each named for a former county.

Except for rather small lots, the location of the parking spaces for each vehicle are usually indicated with pavement markings or lines, similar to center lines on streets.

At the end of each level, the number of the rows left on the stage is multiplied by 1, 000 and added to the score — this score typically has a maximum of 40, 000 ( Except for the 1st, 3rd and Final Stages, their maximum scores are 27000, 39000 and 29000 respectively ).

* Except as noted, the NCAA sponsored its first women's championship in each sport in the 1981-82 academic year.

Except with the NIR 3000 class the numbers given by each class in the lists below are those allocated to the coaches that make up the units in that class, otherwise unit numbers are not used in Ireland.

Except those who believed ( in the oneness of Allah ) and performed good work and reminded each other of the truth and reminded each other to be patient.

Except for some final, finishing touches, the major preparation is completed by 8: 30 and, accompanied by a wine that has been selected to complement or enhance each course, members sit to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

Except for a few years during the 1890s Grand Marshals were elected each year, usually in the spring, and this provided, as it were, the culminating event of the student calendar with celebrations of the Grand Marshal's election and installation.