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

Except for Lynne Kanavel Whitesides, all of the September Six were excommunicated ; Whitesides was disfellowshipped, a lesser sanction that does not formally expel one from church membership.

Laird noted this in his FY 1971 report, " Except for the major policy decisions, I am striving to decentralize decisionmaking as much as possible ...

Except for a few notable exceptions ... the Jews in the Sira and the Maghazi are even heroic villains.

In the episode " The One in Vegas ", after Joey has said that no one will live in his hand shaped mansion, he adds " Except you Pheebs ... You can live in the thumb.

... Except their wives and those whom their right hands possess for they are not blameworthy ( in their regard )... thus any sexual relations outside of these two categories was held to be prohibited.

When the film was released, The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther, panned the film, " But this, of course, is a movie — and a pretty low-grade one, at that — in which sensations of fright and excitement are more diligently pursued than common sense ... Except for the usual moral — to wit, that crime does not pay — the only thing proved by this picture is that you shouldn't switch sweethearts in mid-lam.

" The review eventually says " Except for the end ... where it is too much to bear.

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.

Except in rare occasions, Johnny Lightning and Ertl made die-cast cars where sold, as model kits to be put together

But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not

Except for members of the genus Clematoclethra which have 10 stamens, the stamens are numerous and originally attached at the back.

Except for Uzbekistan, these countries had been members of the Shanghai Five ; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organization.

Except for pre-Vandellas member Gloria Williamson, all members of the group were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, becoming just the second all-female group to be inducted, and were presented with the induction by rock group The B-52's, whose frothy dance music was inspired by the Vandellas.

Except for John Drew, Diana, Drew, and John Blyth, none of the other members of John Barrymore's family have yet entered the entertainment industry.

Except perhaps for Cui, the members of this group influenced or taught many of the great Russian composers who were to follow, including Alexander Glazunov, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Except for Chile, Estonia, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, and Slovenia, all OECD member states are members of the IEA.

Except for a small reunion heard on the concept album Largo ( which featured appearances by all the members except for Lilley ) in 1998, The Hooters did not play together again until November 21, 2001, when they performed at the Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia for a one off show to celebrate disc jockey Pierre Robert's 20th anniversary at local rock radio station WMMR, the first major station to ever play The Hooters back in the early 1980s.

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 the life member, all members served four-year terms.

* 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.

Except for some special offices ( the king and the raj mantris ), other positions are open to members of all tribes and religion.

Except for Nagash, no other members of the current incarnation of the band participated.

Except for kitchen staff, trainees who had gone to church that day, and several staff members who stayed behind to keep an eye on camp facilities, close to the entire 600 + member camp were involved in the hiking trip.

Except for a small number of descendants there are no members of the Dharug tribe now living in the area.

Except for Brophy, all crew members of the Lancaster managed to escape the burning bomber.

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 Jonathan Pierce, Terry Franklin, and Lemuel Miller, the rest of the former and present members appear and perform.

Except for the present King, other members of the Royal family reside here.

Except as otherwise provided, State bodies shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the State body on each agenda item before or during the state body's discussion or consideration of an item.