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 some brief instances in the first season, there was no background or transitional music.

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 for a rainy and dry season ( summer-fall and winter-spring respectively ) there is little variation in the climate during the year.

Except for the second season, the Superman schedule was brief ( 13 shows shot two per week, a total of seven weeks out of a year ) but all had a " 30-day clause ", which meant that the producers could demand their exclusive services for a new season on four weeks notice.

Except for ' filiformis ', all of these can be stages in leaf production of any plant depending on season ( decumbent in summer versus short versus semi-erect in spring ), length of photoperiod ( long petioles in spring versus short in summer ), and intensity of light ( wide petioles in low light intensity versus narrow in brighter light ).

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.

Except for five races in 1973, driving for Bud Moore Engineering, Waltrip primarily drove his own cars at the beginning of his NASCAR career until the middle of the 1975 Winston Cup season when he was signed a multi-year contract and replace driver Donnie Allison to drive the # 88 DiGard Chevrolet, Waltrip's long awaited jump into the big leagues of United States stock car auto racing.

* Smallville – The sequences are different every season ( Except Season 2 and 3 that use the same sequence ) In Season 10, the last season, the title sequences usually have four regular cast members, except the episodes that Allison Mack appears, her name is added in the sequences of those episodes for honouring her regular starring since 2001.

The network was also in the process of reinventing its image, having already replaced much of their " old guard " television product with more contemporary fare such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show, and M * A * S * H. Except for Gunsmoke, which had one more season, Ball was the last performer from TV's classic age who still had a weekly series at the beginning of 1974.

Except during the breeding season, they should be housed separately, no matter the gender, age, or size.

Except for hot streaks in April and August, Castillo did not hit for average or power and was not very selective at the plate, striking out with regularity ( if not quite as often as some of his teammates ) and walking very little despite hitting in front of the pitcher for most of the season.

Except for 1887 – 88, season play prior to 1892 – 93 was arranged in challenges.

Except where noted, all the actors appeared on the show for every season:

Except for peak season trains, most services from 18 April 1966 operated as a shuttle service from Paignton ; Sunday trains were withdrawn from 24 September 1967, although some were run during the summer of the following year.

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.

Except for a League Cup game while on loan at Millwall, Pidgeley spent the whole of the 2005 – 06 season at Chelsea.

Except for the Distribution Center on certain days during the winter holiday season, all locations are closed on Sundays, out of respect for the founder's Christian beliefs.

Except for his first season at Kansas ( when the team was on probation ), all of Williams ' teams made the NCAA tournament.

Except for a couple of fourth place finishes, leading 15 laps at Cleveland, and podium at Surfer's Paradise in a wet / dry race the season was not very successful as rookie teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay was outpacing Vasser.

Except for season one, a monetary prize has always been the award for winning the final mission.

Except in 1934 and 1938 when injuries handicapped him, and in 1948 when he lost form, Goddard took over 150 wickets in every season between 1932 and 1949, heading the first-class bowling averages in 1947 and 1949.