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 that now when we solve for k and ω and substitute into the constraint equation, we recover the relationship between energy and momentum for relativistic massive particles:

Except in the periods 1969 – 72 and 1976 – 82, when the Social Democratic party of Chancellor Brandt and Schmidt came in second in the elections, the Chancellor has always been the candidate of the largest party, usually supported by a coalition of two parties with a majority in the parliament.

Except for the Superman cartoons and the features sold to MCA ( to end up with Universal ), most television prints of these films have had their titles remade to remove most traces of their connection to Paramount – the original copyright lines were left intact on Popeye cartoons ( the Popeye cartoons have been restored for DVD release with the original Paramount titles ).

Except for the Al – Li – Cu system, all the stable quasicrystals are almost free of defects and disorder, as evidenced by x-ray and electron diffraction revealing peak widths as sharp as those of perfect crystals such as Si.

Except for 5 years ( 740 – 745 ), when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784 before moving to Heian-kyō, or Kyoto, a decade later in 794.

Except for an interval of work in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857 – 1865, he remained there until 1897 as a member of an artistic colony that included Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Hiram Powers.

Except for one brief period ( 1033 – 44, under Gothelo I ), the division was never reversed and the margraves had soon raised their separate fiefs into dukedoms.

Except for six seasons — 1971 – 76 — Columbus has been represented in the highest levels of minor league baseball since 1902, at first in the American Association ( 1902 – 54 ) by the Columbus Senators and Columbus Red Birds, and since then in the International League.

* Standard 90. 1 – Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings – The IESNA is a joint sponsor of this standard.

* Standard 189. 1 – Standard for the Design of High Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Valentine has just given a lengthy speech lamenting his banishment and musing on how he cannot possibly survive without Silvia ; " Except I be by Silvia in the night / There is no music in the nightingale ./ Unless I look on Silvia in the day / There is no day for me to look upon " ( ll. 178 – 181 ).

Except for a few occasional rebellions and an external war — Burma defeated Siam's attempt to take Lan Na and Martaban in 1662 – 64 — the kingdom was largely at peace for the rest of the 17th century.

Except for the skill-based Jackpot Bowling ( 1959 – 1961 ), a period on Beat the Clock ( 1960 ) when its Bonus Stunt grew in $ 100 increments past the $ 10, 000 mark until finally being won for $ 20, 100 on September 23, and the short-lived ABC quiz 100 Grand ( 1963 ), the networks stayed away from awarding five-figure cash jackpots until the premiere of The $ 10, 000 Pyramid in 1973.

Except for a six-year affiliation with the Chicago Cubs ( 1979 – 84 ), the Angels remained an affiliate in the Quad Cities through the 1992 season.

Second Tier: 1894 – 95, 1912 – 24 ( Except break due to World War I between 1915 – 19 ), 1929 – 57 ( Except break due to World War II between 1939 – 46 ), 1961 – 67, 1997 – 99

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 for the above exceptions, the entire double-precision number is described by:

Except for the directmates, the above are also considered forms of fairy chess insofar as they involve unorthodox rules.

Except for the mountainous regions in the central part of the island, the daily average temperature in Hainan is above, and the integrated temperature during the growing season of the crops reaches eight thousand to nine thousand degree Celsius-days.

Except when using FS or GS as described above, the OS ensures that the offset will be zero.

Except for rotations, translations, and changes of scale, all right-handed helices are equivalent to the helix defined above.

Except where noted, the standard bachelor's or master's gown was worn ( see above ).

Except at extremely high tides, the sand is above sea level and accessible to walkers.

Except above mentioned shopping area, places of interest can be reach within 20mins from Padang besar are listed as below

Except for the period 1866-72, 1876 – 78, and the two San Francisco issues, annual production of Indian cents stayed well above ten million, and from the 1880s on dramatically increased.