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Biology was no exception.
Not unlike other former US presidents – Jimmy Carter is a notable exception – the Clintons exploited their fame and influence to build up a fortune.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued full pardons for Confederates – with the exception of their leaders and subject to conditions “he may deem expedient for the public welfare” – in order to help reunite the country after the Civil War.
With the exception of global population growth, China has been the most dynamic country in all of these respects.
It is no less important to reduce the presidency's sweeping powers and formulate viable mechanisms for enforcing the accountability of all public officials without exception.
What to Expect From the 44th PresidentNEW YORK – Campaigns, be they political or military, are waged to be won, and the current American presidential campaign is no exception.
Oil exporters, with the exception of Libya and Yemen, may have avoided major political changes, but the autocratic bargain – and any attempt to unravel it – has become more expensive.
(The notable exception is Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s very public stand on taxation, the outcome of which is still to be determined.)
I am always amazed when governments think they are an exception to this rule.
Although the current draft excludes the mother from punishment, the way the bill is structured suggests that the exception may very well be removed from the final version.
With the exception of the US, recent growth estimates have fallen short of previous projections, and some economies have even slowed.
Indeed, all Western governments, with the exception of the Obama administration, are committed to retrenchment – and Obama cannot get a new stimulus package through Congress.
Thanks to the US, which strong-armed the 45 countries of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group into swallowing their concerns that special treatment for India could constitute a precedent for rogue nuclear aspirants like Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran, there is now an “Indian exception.”
One of the highest-flying proposals of his electoral platform was a call for renegotiation of the European Union’s new “fiscal pact,” endorsed by all member states with the exception of the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.
The exception may be the military and the diplomatic service: following de Gaulle’s lead, all French presidents have financed the military generously.
The only significant exception to these trends is China, which has designed industrial policies specifically to increase the share of domestic value-added and to improve workers’ conditions.
With the sole exception of Zimbabwe, no leading politician in any post-imperial country has made a notable speech in recent years attacking colonialism.
But his administration’s persistent failure to address the crisis in Syria effectively, along with its backseat approach in Mali, suggests that such concerted multilateralism was an exception.
There are no less-developed countries, with the possible exception of Ukraine, in the top 15.
Most non-Americans would find it crazy that neither Romney nor Barack Obama supported stricter gun-control laws (with Obama making an exception only for assault weapons such as AK-47s), in a country where it is sometimes easier to buy guns than it is to vote.
The important exception to this pattern is Germany, which was accustomed to low borrowing costs even before it entered the eurozone.
And yet, with the exception of a few progressive industry leaders, few companies have responded to this voluntary guidance.
In less feverish times than these, no one could possibly have taken exception to Queen Beatrix’s speech last Christmas, when she pleaded for tolerance and “respect for minorities.”
Turning to the US and Europe, most Project Syndicate commentators, with the notable exception of Stiglitz, believe that the first US rate hike will have limited impact on economic activity directly.
The one exception is probably Britain, whose currency is used internationally as a legacy of its history.
And too many regional governance mechanisms, with the important exception of the European Central Bank, lack sufficient influence, credibility, and, therefore, effectiveness.
With a small, well-educated population, Tunisia has become the exception.
With the exception of Tunisia, this can be seen to varying degrees in all of the affected countries.
Nor are there any consolidated regional structures to which the transition countries can adhere; and there are few local models – with the exception of Turkey, for example – that can be used to help democracy and pluralism take root.
An American Oil SpillSINGAPORE – When accidents happen, there is always enough blame to go around, and with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, no one has been spared – with the exception of one of the main culprits, the American public.
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