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 on Constitutional issues, Congress is free to legislatively overrule federal courts ' common law.

Except in times of danger, the lights were to be placed outside one's door, on the opposite side of the Mezuza, or in the window closest to the street.

Except for the city of Santo Domingo, which managed to maintain some legal exports, Dominican ports were forced to rely on contraband trade, which, along with livestock, became the sole source of livelihood for the island dwellers.

Except Admiral Shariff who continued to press pressure on Indian Navy till the end of the conflict.

Except for Chandler, the entire radio cast of Arden, Gordon, Richard Crenna ( Walter Denton ), Gloria McMillan ( Harriet Conklin ), and Jane Morgan ( landlady Margaret Davis ) played the same roles on television.

Except for the fuel delivery components, most internal combustion engines that are designed for gasoline use can run on natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases without major modifications.

Except for some TV work in the late seventies, Caprino made no more puppet films, focusing instead on creating attractions for the Hunderfossen theme park outside Lillehammer based on his folk tale movies, and making tourist films using a custom built multi camera setup of his own design that shoots 280 degrees panorama movies.

Except on the west coast, where the white sandy beach is more extensive than elsewhere, a strip of dark gray coral rubble, forming a series of low ridges parallel to the coast, lies within the narrow beach, extending inward to the island rim.

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 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 ).

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 initial serve, players must allow a ball played toward them only one bounce on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side.

Except for changes in temperature and air pressure, this quantity depends basically on the throttle setting.

Except for sabbaticals at the University of California, Davis, 1982 / 83, and at Rockefeller University, 1980 / 84, this pattern of spending summers in Colorado and Los Alamos and winters in Florida continued until Ulam died on May 13, 1984, in Santa Fe.

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

Except for lichens, the non-reproductive ( vegetative ) mycelium of most ascomycetes is usually inconspicuous because it is commonly embedded in the substrate, such as soil, or grows on or inside a living host, and only the ascoma may be seen when fruiting.

( NB: Except for the Bathurst 1000, All Races will be screened on delay on the Australia Network.

Except for pre-emption for news coverage, notably the three-day continuous coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, and a few shows that were 45 minutes, the show aired a full 60 minutes on weekday mornings until 1981.

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 the Ninth Circuit Courts, the en banc court consists of all of the circuit judges who are on active status, but it does not include the senior or assigned judges ( except that under some circumstances, a senior judge may participate in an en banc hearing when he or she participated at an earlier stage of the same case ).

Except for a few valleys, the mountain area proper is suitable only for grazing in the foothills and steppes ; adequate soil and rainfall, however, make cultivation possible.

Except for the Seal of Missouri in its middle, the flag is identical with the Flag of the Netherlands ; this resemblance is not, however, intended to denote any special relation between Missouri and the Netherlands.

Except for a handful of comedy silents, however, most of these films are forgotten and not listed in film reference books.

Except in the wettest areas glaciers are not large because of the lack of winter precipitation ; in the wettest areas, however, glaciers tend to be very abundant and Pleistocene glaciation covered even the lowest elevations.

Except for a live recording of that song on the band's 1999 greatest hits compilation Hit Parade, however, Ditrich does not normally perform lead vocals on the band's albums.

Except for the hyperlink tag, these were strongly influenced by SGMLguid, an in-house SGML based documentation format at CERN.

Except for Lutherans and some Anglicans, these churches regard ordination as a sacrament ( the sacramentum ordinis ).

Except for the Cassidys, these are now owned by Castle Hill Productions, with video rights to some licensed to The Criterion Collection.

Except these last, practically all rocks contain felspars or feldspathoid minerals.

Except for Viadana's collection, which contained purely instrumental and secular music, these were all collections of sacred vocal works, some with instrumental accompaniment.

All of these tools are free to download and can be used for commercial or non-commercial use ( Except for the OPEN-R SDK, which is specifically for non-commercial use ).

( Except for the first, all these books are in German or Latin )

Except for the random one-time pad, the security of these systems has not () been proven mathematically, so a theoretical breakthrough could make everything one has encrypted an open book.

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 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 some scattered oases, these deserts are uninhabited.

Except for the three fen denominations and the 3 yuan, notes in these denominations continue to circulate, with 50 and 100 yuan notes added in 1980 and 20 yuan notes added in or after 1999.

Except for the punishment of desertion, which was made a felony by statute in the reign of Henry VI, these ordinances or Articles of War remained almost the sole authority for the enforcement of discipline until 1689, when the first Mutiny Act was passed and the military forces of the crown were brought under the direct control of parliament.

Except in the city centre, all these watercourses are unregulated.

Except in the south-west, these borders were mostly well defined by natural features.

Except for these letters and occasional critical " communicados " concerning the political climate, the EZLN was largely silent until August 2003, when Radio Insurgente was launched from an unknown location.

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 PP < sub > i </ sub > → 2 P < sub > i </ sub >, these reactions are, in general, not allowed to go uncontrolled in the human cell but are instead coupled to other processes needing energy to drive them to completion.

Except for the last, these projects allow high resolution video modes, better mouselook, and expanded modability.

Except for Prescott, which is an incorporated city ( despite having neither a post office nor a separate telephone exchange ), little remains to identify these places today other than left-over identifying signs or historic landmarks, such as an abandoned or converted school buildings.

Except for the Tournaisian, all these rocks are within the Ardennes geological area.

Except for helmets, none of these items are required by law in any state in the USA but are recommended by many of those who ride.

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.