211 Sentences With "except for the fact that"

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Except for the fact that it makes me want to cry.
Except for the fact that John Dingell has already won Twitter.
Oh, well, except for the fact that said friend was Taylor Swift.
Which is great, except for the fact that it's way below average.
I mean, except for the fact that the government is shut down.
Except for the fact that USB-C is still a maddeningly confusing standard.
Except for the fact that we're giving away two Hudson Passes, plus $1,000.
It is a believable talking point except for the fact that the investigation continues.
Kinda makes sense—except for the fact that green monkeys aren't threatened by eagles.
Except for the fact that, again, where you want to get between hate and anger.
It&aposs kind of almost funny except for the fact that their actions have real consequences.
They have no particular responsibility for these refugees, except for the fact that they're next door.
It might be, except for the fact that the image wasn't created by the Trump campaign.
Except for the fact that I buy expensive age defying creams that I almost never use…
Smartphones are great, except for the fact that newer, better versions are always on the horizon.
A lofty goal — except for the fact that their request was directed at the wrong company.
Which is fine, except for the fact that most sexual assaults are rarely so clear cut.
Ordinary, except for the fact that I was in my Manhattan apartment looking up suicide hotlines.
You normally wouldn't think of the comparison, except for the fact that he has invited it.
This wouldn't be a problem except for the fact that the LastPass extension kept signing me out.
Renfrow is basically Southern Rudy, except for the fact that he's a really, really good football player.
All of this is fundamentally normal — except for the fact that Trump golfs at courses he owns.
I probably wouldn't have been able to figure it out except for the fact that the story existed.
Even the local officers don't know much about me except for the fact that I'm a retired soldier.
Except for the fact that when I puke somewhere I'm not supposed to, I own up to it.
Sounds straightforward — except for the fact that May's Brexit deal has been defeated twice by embarrassingly high margins.
That might make sense, except for the fact that the struggle to pass laws is not Italy's biggest problem.
There isn't a plan or a payoff, except for the fact that there isn't a plan or a payoff.
Now that's behind him, he says — except for the fact that he routinely uses a fax machine to communicate.
This wouldn't be a huge deal, except for the fact that the men were placed in the front row.
Well, except for the fact that delivery is a little harder to get when you live in Kensington Palace.
Except for the fact that it kind of sucks to use PocketChip to code or play Pico-8 games.
Except for the fact that you'll still have to customize your order, but that's a problem for another day.
The headphones are almost identical to the previous-generation ones, except for the fact that they offer noise cancellation.
It would have been an evening like any other—except for the fact that it was the couple's last.
Except for the fact that the success they've had in their chosen profession means that they are treated differently!
I didn&apost think about it in any kind of way except for the fact that he was cute.
All of which sounds great in theory — except for the fact that zero Israeli or Palestinian officials are participating.
Not exactly groundbreaking, except for the fact that Thompson found that the decline among these players began at age 22.
Stars, they're just like us — except for the fact that they can jet off to Egypt on a moment's notice.
Well, yeah, except for the fact that a lot of companies offering VPN services are actually all kinds of shady.
Pretty ordinary, except for the fact that apparently women have been embarrassed about and trying to eliminate this natural shape.
Except for the fact that from 2008 to 2012, the S&P 500 generated a cumulative return of 403 percent.
She seems normal, except for the fact that she is addicted to e-cigarettes, as are several of her friends.
Increasingly clear that Google+ had many of the same vulnerabilities except for the fact that no one was using it. Sen.
Almost no details have been revealed about the new car, except for the fact that it will be built for speed.
Intimate, except for the fact that Swift clearly notices the cameras and doesn't appear to do much to shoo them away.
These are $199 wired earphones with nothing especially futuristic or remarkable about them, except for the fact that they sound terrific.
This planter looks like your average indoor potted plant — I mean, except for the fact that it levitates in mid-air.
So it is a pretty good time for all except for the fact that the Democrats have beaten us so much.
She has a smock of her own, identical except for the fact that it is deeply stained all over with paint.
With two brothers and a sister in college, Jazz doesn't stand out at all, except for the fact that she's trans.
There's no sound, no caption, and certainly no context — except for the fact that Taylor Swift and snakes actually go way back.
Nothing. Except for the fact that, as an added bonus, you can use the code REFINERY29_15 for 15% off your first purchase.
Well, except for the fact that your big toe has broken free and ripped a hole through the foot of your tights.
You could probably say it was the wedding of my dreams—except for the fact that I'd never dreamed of a wedding.
There was nothing terribly unusual about the letter except for the fact that it was one of only three issued this year.
That sounds plausible, except for the fact that the body regulates blood pH very carefully, and what you eat shouldn't change it.
"There is nothing wrong with eyes that undergo Lasik except for the fact that they need glasses for distance," Dr. MacKay said.
That wouldn't matter, except for the fact that, in live-streaming, it's very difficult to build and then retain a fan base.
Except for the fact that there was a terrorist attack at a London tube station this morning that has left 18 people injured.
Umm, so far, nothing...except for the fact that the website is overloaded from all the users trying to score their own MoviePass.
But really, it's confusing what was meant to accomplished by that, except for the fact that Amma has a lot of different sides.
I mean, I still have a hard time describing what the fuck Industry Standard is, except for the fact that it's good food.
It's not all that different from Nintendo's Miitomo, except for the fact that their avatar is just the face, not a whole body.
Well, except for the fact that granny has to set aside time to address the nation in her annual speech on Christmas Day.
This is perfectly fine, except for the fact that the plot circles around the crowning of a May Queen, which happens in May.
Sure, except for the fact that it was moderate Democrats—namely, Eagleton himself— who actually originated that slander and bequeathed it to Nixon.
I remember these summer trips being funny except for the fact that I was too short to ride any of the major rides.
And that's fine — except for the fact that the price of that same insulin has nearly tripled since I first started using it.
Except for the fact that the only guy on the GOP ballot right now is a former head of the American Nazi party.
In all likelihood, the issue would have come and gone without anyone noticing—except for the fact that Falwell himself caught wind of it.
I would still play the way I played except for the fact that I would definitely take that lesson from what happened with Ken.
There was no reason we couldn't have chosen slightly less revolting combinations, except for the fact that it was kind of romantic not to.
At the time, details were sparse, except for the fact that the company had started to make deliveries in a neighborhood in Washington State.
"[It was] another douchebag role that didn't really work for me, except for the fact that it got me my wife," he told PEOPLE.
We would say that Nicole Kidman is currently experiencing one hell of a career comeback, except for the fact that she never went anywhere.
TRUMP: You know you're more right except for the fact that you have North Korea which is acting extremely aggressively, very close to Japan.
Except for the fact that Nazis don't seem to mind him too much, Mr. Trump is the Captain von Trapp of commanders in chief.
This is where Nick Swisher belongs, except for the fact that, after 12 seasons in the majors, he's presently plying his trade in Triple-A.
What happened then is mostly lost to memory except for the fact that I was sure I had touched Kennedy's casket when I walked past.
Indeed, just about everything went right for the Marlins except for the fact that pinch-hitter Ichiro Suzuki grounded out to second in the eighth.
It's not clear why Carrie, Saul, and the president-elect are all in the same series, except for the fact that they have been before.
Except for the fact that there actually hasn't been a female host for the autumnal awards show since 2011, when Glee's Jane Lynch helmed the ceremony.
That makes sense, except for the fact that sprawling, car-dedicated cities dealing with growth and traffic are making the sorts of moves Nashville just rejected.
So he went, he saw his friend, and the rest doesn't matter, except for the fact that while he was gone, he thought about the knives.
Reviewers thought it was great, except for the fact that Facebook had designed it, which made them fear it was essentially a spycam for people's houses.
It's not a painting any collector would ordinarily notice or purchase, except for the fact that it was produced after the end of the Cultural Revolution.
It's not clear how Davidson and Qualley would have met, except for the fact that he is becoming more and more embedded in the Hollywood scene.
Even all this would be of pretty narrow concern except for the fact that it turns out that gender is a significant driver of legislators' behavior.
Love, Simon is not a radical departure from the teen comedy format, except for the fact that its protagonist makes it a major departure largely by default.
Except for the fact that it operates underwater, it resembles a yellow model airplane, steering itself through the water with wings, a tailfin, and modifiable internal buoyancy.
These changes basically make the BOLT+ more like an upgraded Roamio Pro, except for the fact that the new DVR offers support for 4K streaming, as well.
I moved to New York City a few months ago – it's been great, except for the fact that I've essentially had to give up flying my drones.
Except for the fact that the Pats beat the Bills on Sunday, giving Buffalo their first loss of the season ... some people are still upset about that!!!
It's a fine argument, except for the fact that Rooney scored four goals at Euro 2004, one at Euro 2012, and another at the 2014 World Cup.
The device pairs over Bluetooth to your phone, meaning it can take calls and work like any other Bluetooth speaker, except for the fact that you're wearing it.
Except for the fact that this mask hydrates, soothes, and illuminates for a fraction of the cost of many other hydrating formulas, let alone a pricy professional treatment.
Each character appears cut from a single piece and shown in a close up portrait; they still look human, except for the fact that they have no eyes.
And all would be well and good except for the fact that we then see Veronica and Archie through the lens of a camera – someone is watching them.
In fact, we don't know anything about Sophie except for the fact that she's been kidnapped, andthat Alice, or the girl posing as Alice, seems to know her.
Chrissy Teigen is completely and utterly relatable... except for the fact that she's a supermodel with mad cooking chops and a Grammy award-winning husband named John Legend.
After they finally find happiness, one of them has to make the decision to...well, I won't give any spoilers, except for the fact that you will cry.
Offshore wind is potentially an enormous supply of energy, except for the fact that no one has come up with a practical and affordable way to capture it.
Look at the way it's draped over him—not worn or adorned—so casually except for the fact that he's barely holding it in place with his right hand.
Realistically, there's very little that could stop Cersei holding on to the Iron Throne three episodes hence — except for the fact that it would be a profoundly uninspired ending.
There was no reason to be at the stadium that early, except for the fact that it now took Wright roughly that long to get ready for every game.
Right now you can't buy flour in our area except for the fact that there are two mid-sized flour mills that have started up that are selling it.
There is no other theme in today's puzzle, except for the fact that Mr. Kahn is a huge baseball fan and the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series.
There is really no difference between Lena Dunham and Megyn Kelly except for the fact that one uses racist rhetoric to amplify her platform and the other IS racist rhetoric.
Maybe Lord Baelish could still manipulate Sansa into helping to catapult him to the Iron Throne in Jon's absence — except for the fact that Arya is headed back to Winterfell.
That wouldn't be notable except for the fact that someone is trying to scrub Donald Trump's name from the page and Joe Lieberman is a special counsel at the firm.
I gain weight much faster today, and my knees are not doing really well, but except for the fact [that] I hear less well, there's no indication of getting older.
There's not all that much known about it, except for the fact that it apparently takes its title from another California city, Oxnard, but in the last couple of week's .
Jaguars, with a (liberally estimated) top weight of about 350lbs, would indeed seem formidable... ...except for the fact that the average weight of an adult horse is between 840-2,200lbs.
Things could be worse for the marijuana industry in the state, Allen said, except for the fact that particularly hard-hit Ventura County does not issue permits for pot farms.
Nothing remarkable about any of that by today's standards, except for the fact that the two coastal pro-choice stalwarts were Republicans, and the two extractive industry champions were Democrats.
Born into privilege in Surrey in 1906, Charles James was your standard-issue wealthy ne'er-do-well, except for the fact that he went on to do very well indeed.
No one really knows what the chemical does (except for the fact that it's toxic), but he freaks out anyway, feeling like he now has an expiration date on his life.
That might have been an otherwise uninteresting detail except for the fact that the health of the candidates — particularly that of Clinton — has been a hot topic in this election cycle.
And I don&apost even think it is worth commenting except for the fact that aren&apost they way out of control as journalists, accusing of some kind of mental illness?
Of course, none of the app store's progress would matter except for the fact that Amazon's Echo is becoming one of the more popular smart home devices on the market today.
Hard statistics alone might have grounded all but the most daredevil of travellers (except for the fact that shoddy roads continue to make driving in Africa even more dangerous than flying).
Today, there is not much inherently interesting about an online celebrity foot forum frequented primarily by men, except for the fact that it's a very large forum and explicitly non-sexual.
Facebook has been targeted by conservatives who argue — without much evidence except for the fact that Silicon Valley is a liberal cocoon — that its efforts to police speech might be biased.
And anyway, Ceferin insisted, nothing has been decided yet — except for the fact that matches in European competitions will not be played on the weekends, a guarantee that was announced Friday.
Soleimani has been replaced and the state of conflict will likely be unchanged except for the fact that the Iranian people and their supporters will be enraged and inspired toward revenge.
"Except for the fact that it's going to be Jerome Powell's first press conference, the outcome is mostly a given, " said Alfonso Esparza, senior currency analyst at OANDA in Toronto, said.
That's a decent run, except for the fact that he was the No. 270 overall pick of the 173 draft, making him one of the highest drafted goaltenders of all time.
In other words, all signs point to a whole bunch of characters dying in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 ... well, except for the fact that Marvel doesn't really do character deaths.
If there are any hints at future Mr. Robot developments in Massacre, they're buried too deep for me to find — except for the fact that it's distributed by the sinister E Corp.
It's huge, strings-sweeping stuff that more than deserves this award, except for the fact that another great song, "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House," also got the nomination that year.
And I don't have an issue with that except for the fact that China has the ability to employ technology that will simply be the dominant technology if they get there first.
So close, in fact, that they hook up in a stalled Ferris wheel, which would be cool except for the fact that they don't seem to be using any kind of protection.
"This is what the real Mr. Darcy looks like, except for the fact that he is a figment of the imagination," Stig Abell, editor of The Times Literary Supplement, wrote on Twitter.
The second part of the Big Idea might be harder to achieve, except for the fact that the president's pick for Secretary of State is Rex Tillerson, currently the CEO of Exxon Mobil.
This was almost like a teaching tool for priming or grooming for abuse, except for the fact that Modesto probably didn't need to win his son's trust because he was already his son.
They're practicing a dance routine (they're trying to keep their moves "crisp") and seem harmless, except for the fact that there are guns laying around and a lot of money in the room.
But otherwise, she adds it was just a normal run-of-the-mill prom, well, except for the fact that earlier that same week she also happened to have attended the Met Gala.
Except for the fact that the new Mid Bluetooth costs $199, $50 more than the virtually identical Major II Bluetooth, which is a high price to pay for a little bit of style.
And I don't have an issue with that except for the fact that China has the ability to employ technology that will simply be the dominant technology if they get there first. Right?
One might write this off as a test or nanocell, except for the fact that this particular source happens to be located in or around an immigration services building run by Homeland Security.
"She was able to just so easily come lockstep with our family and conversations and stuff, except for the fact that she is missing some crucial movies that we quote a lot," he said.
It's got all the charm of a singing-into-a-hairbrush montage from a movie or a pre-getting-ready clip...except for the fact that there's a Grammy-winning singer in the background.
I don't know how I avoided more repeat attempts, except for the fact that shortly after the second incident I began a romantic relationship with one of his top directors that lasted three years.
Except for the fact that he sets a terrible example for his children through his poor handling of the family's finances and his role, under some criminal statutes, in a conspiracy to commit kidnapping.
There was nothing magical about the 26 threshold except for the fact that China had implicitly resisted its currency weakening beyond 20193 in the interest of closing a trade deal with the United States.
This follows the same logic as theory #2 except for the fact that Trump is self aware enough to know that he is deceiving people by pushing out untruths -- and he just doesn't care.
I'm sure that I could not have gotten that, except for the fact that, people always say that the number one quality a director should have is knowing how to make an actor feel comfortable.
The Speaker of the House is live-streaming a field where it's snowing, which would be boring as shit except for the fact that there is a smooth-groovin' soundtrack and WHOA THIS SHIT SLAPS.
It's also the first full quarter in which Facebook sold its own branded hardware — its Portal video chat device that was well received by critics except for the fact that it was made by Facebook.
The company created its own browser called HotJava, which was very limited except for the fact that it allowed for interactive "applets," pieces of Java that could run in any web browser that supported them.
It's not "practical" in the sense that it's not "practical" for an English major to take advanced mathematics courses, except for the fact that non-practical people like that are some of my favorite people.
That may not sound like such a bad thing, except for the fact that the alerts appear in the notifications tab, which has typically been reserved for mentions and other interactions with your own tweets.
It was exhilarating enough that, except for the fact that I was higher off the ground than I would be in any other Lamborghini, I could almost forget I was in an SUV at all.
"Everybody probably would've died except for the fact that the Capitol Hill Police were there, and the only reason they were there is because we had a member of leadership on our team," Paul said.
The ad, paid for by a self-described group of left-leaning "trolls," wouldn't be notable except for the fact that Green New Deal advocate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out this very scenario earlier this week.
The upper floor had a lot of light, and the locker room came off as standard issue — except for the fact that it had old lockers that required a padlock and didn't have a digital scale.
It's an entirely unremarkable way to start a comedy series, except for the fact that days before Bamford marches back into her agent's office, she was in the psych ward for treatment of her bipolar disorder.
The tweet and video seemed like a typical partisan jab, except for the fact that it was issued by a president who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct and assault.
"Except for the fact that we are not sitting in Singapore and GIFT City is not Singapore, I think from a business perspective we have everything that is required," Ajay Pandey, the city's CEO, told CNN.
It's an extraordinarily sad story but not necessarily one that would attract attention outside the Chicagoland area — except for the fact that the victim is the first cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, who tweeted about it.
"There is no direct impact on Israel, except for the fact that we are part of the global economy," Netanyahu said at Sunday's cabinet meeting, noting he met with his finance minister and the central bank chief.
Last year, the government declared the current 49 percent ownership cap for overseas investors would be lifted for certain industries, but provided few other details except for the fact that banks would maintain a 30 percent limit.
This is great and all—it is true, I do enjoy Feeling the Bern every so often—except for the fact that I don't want to think about a cranky, balding socialist while I'm trying to get laid.
Except for the fact that if it passed it would stop giving Big Food companies a tax break when they encouraged our kids to eat cakes, candy, sugar-sweetened beverages and other foods that are clearly bad for them.
Steele, who is fifty-three, looked much like the other businessmen heading home, except for the fact that he kept his phones in a Faraday bag—a pouch, of military-tested double-grade fabric, designed to block signal detection.
I can't remember a decision we've ever made based on the Fed, except for the fact that I felt that Bernanke and Paulson and Geithner, but I felt the Fed would do the right thing in the fall of 2008.
OK, so this was my fault, except for the fact that he had made casually dismissive comments about my sense of style towards the beginning of our relationship that made a lasting impression, and he was not sensitive to that.
We're used to seeing behind-the-scenes shots of celebrities like Gwen Stefani and Ariana Grande getting their makeup done, and this year's Grammy's prep was no different — except for the fact that they're channeling their inner beauty school dropouts — Adam Levine included.
It's a pretty neat idea, except for the fact that The Kid is roaming around town and dragging the bad old days with him, so inevitably the professor murders their first guests for no reason and his wife helps him hide the bodies.
The assembled panel was tight-lipped about what the show's first season would be about, except for the fact that Andre Holland's character returns to his home of Castle Rock and deals with an issue with Skarsgård's character, who is imprisoned at Shawshank.
This would hardly be news except for the fact that the decision comes at a time when Twitter is losing users – it lost 1 million users in Q2 – and when Twitter has been killing off a number of other client applications, as well.
So far, we don't know too much about the new docs, except for the fact that Dr. Kim is the show's first gay male surgeon and that Link is a self-proclaimed "Ortho god" who doesn't seem to have a full name yet.
Well, sure—except for the fact that Adele's gargantuan 25, which was held off from streaming services for more than six months after its release, yielded five nominations, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.
This one took a long time because it was not based on a book or a movie, or anything at all except perhaps a moment that Benj Pasek had in high school, except for the fact that Steven Levenson turned that all around.
"If we could blow the water out of the Page-Ladson site and let you take a picture while you were excavating, it would look—except for the fact that we're ridiculous in wet suits—just like a traditional site," said Halligan.
The materials are theoretically recyclable, except for the fact that U.S. cities are facing a recycling crisis — often sending recycled products to the landfill and incinerator — now that China has greatly decreased the amount of recycling it will buy from the United States.
What had been an undifferentiated cloud of reflections immediately resolves into a subsurface superstructure, a chunk of material the size of a Greenland iceberg—even looks like an iceberg, except for the fact that it has the density of silicon and ferro-cement.
So-- but I can't remember a decision we've ever made based on the Fed except for the fact that I felt that Bernanke, Paulson, and Geithner-- but I-- I felt the Fed would do the-- the right thing in the fall of 2008.
He comes, that is, in a blaze of press, which would be the envy of anyone who thinks for a living except for the fact that the pursuit of glamour, per se, has never sat well with an impression of intellectual gravitas.
He once said, "A woman is never more beautiful than when she is naked," which could be taken as an odd statement for a designer to make, except for the fact that nothing in Mr. Courrèges's story was really what one might have expected.
But, because this version of the hack requires physical access to the car — in this case, through a laptop connected to the OBD II engine diagnostic port — it may not be quite as scary, except for the fact that they're controlling way more vehicle systems.
Similarly, Iran continues to develop its ballistic missile program, an element of its defense regime that was left unhindered in the nuclear negotiations except for the fact that existing United Nations sanctions on the missile program are to be lifted in about six years.
Over time they settled their suit, and even ended up friends with the label's founder Johan Angergard again, which would render that little blip a footnote on their career, except for the fact that today they've announced their decision to go it alone, going forward.
"Commercially, technically the project remains one that the government supports fully, except for the fact that government's 44 percent share of the project is now unaffordable to us," he said, adding that new partners were being sought in the market on a fully private equity basis.
The student body president at the University of Chicago was allowed to graduate this weekend, a seemingly common event, except for the fact that his ability to do so was thrown into doubt the day before the ceremony for assisting school protestors with a sit-in.
"He came out with a pretty conventional Republican agenda, except for the fact that he's against trade, and he's going to throw out all of our trade deals, which as we all know are really creating jobs in this country, not destroying jobs," Baer told "Squawk Box."
US taxpayers have paid about $1.6 million for the Secret Service to fly with Trump on his private plane to and from campaign events, according to FEC documents—which is pretty normal, except for the fact that the Republican candidate owns the company operating the plane.
That lead to a lot of extraneous legal stuff that's not totally pertinent to this post right now, except for the fact that artists covering other artists became a Thing, a Thing so popular that it would inspire cover bands and tribute acts and all the like.
There might be a slight chance of more exposure because people spend more time inside, or that dry winter air could add irritation to respiratory systems, but there's no solid reason why there is more mold illness – except for the fact that people know about it.
The break in tradition probably wouldn't have caused ripples, except for the fact that it came just days after the Wall Street Journal broke the news about Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump.
Milwaukee, meanwhile, has the statistical profile of a team that should be heavily favored to represent the East in the finals and potentially take down the Warriors — except for the fact that the next playoff series won by the otherworldly Giannis Antetokounmpo will be his first.
He was hanging out with some cast and crew members from his new movie Palmer, and the party probably would not have been a big deal except for the fact that Timberlake was clearly seen holding hands and otherwise canoodling with his co-star Alisha Wainwright.
"It portrays the daily lives of two women who fall in and out of love, fight for their kids and have a normal life except for the fact that they have to start from zero in a new country and they are undocumented," she says of the telenovela.
Times Newer Roman is virtually indistinguishable from Times New Roman, except for the fact that each letter is subtly geared five to 10% wider than the original, generating longer lines in 12-pt type, and therefore enabling savvy consumers of internet to hit their target page count sooner.
"I don't think that the company needs to be concerned about that, except for the fact that a lot of employees who work there have been issued significant amounts of [restricted stock units] which are dependent upon a high stock price," said Brian Wieser, senior analyst at Pivotal.
The idea of hunting for reinforcements might seem like an extravagance for a team that is on pace to win 107 games, except for the fact that all the Yankees' success would earn them at the moment is a one-game playoff to keep their World Series pursuit alive.
I would chalk it up to Cherry Glazerr's cover that was featured in the trailer for Insidious: Chapter 3 in 2014 EXCEPT for the fact that the song actually declined in search volume the year the cover came out, climbing back up to 2.67 times more than average in 2015.
Because Two River Theater is known for producing the premieres of so many worthy original works, it might seem puzzling to witness such a dubious effort unveiled there, except for the fact that Mr. Rechnitz, one of the authors, established the company in 1994 and still serves as its executive producer.
Because to me, the Russian thing feels like it will eventually be a traffic accident there in Russia, but in this case it's quite organized and quite ... except for the fact that they need to control their population, which is always not the greatest thing, because eventually you can't control populations.
And maybe it is, except for the fact that in this game of digital attention grabbing, Uber is a piker compared to the mind-messing masters over at Facebook, the puzzle palace of Google and the folks over at Amazon who can get you to push any button they want you to.
And maybe it is, except for the fact that in this game of digital attention-grabbing, Uber is a piker compared to the mind-messing masters over at Facebook, the puzzle palace of Google and the folks over at Amazon who can get you to push any button they want you to.
The Guttmacher Institute reports that the share of women of reproductive age without health insurance dropped from 17.9% to 13.9% between 2013 and 2014 — great news, except for the fact that to push the ACA through Congress, Obama was forced to sign an executive order pledging that expanded coverage would play by Hyde rules.
This is not a terrible thing at face value, except for the fact that, without any political experience to speak of, Trump's claim that he is an expert negotiator and businessman is a central part of his argument to be president: He claims that the skills that have made him successful will make an America successful as well.
Biden on Friday's front page, however...Annie Karni's excellent story said "the tweet and video seemed like a typical partisan jab, except for the fact that it was issued by a president who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct and assault..." Correction: The original version of this article misspelled Tammy Filler's name.
Trump's treatment of women, as documented in The New York Times over the weekend, probably would be disqualifying any other year, except for the fact that it is roughly equivalent to Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonThe magic of majority rule in elections The return of Ken Starr Assault weapons ban picks up steam in Congress MORE's behavior, and it may even be a little bit better.
Then JoJo had her one-on-one time with each of the guys, which was all fairly boring except for the fact that she found out from Robby that he had actually only just gotten out of his three-year relationship in December (meaning, just a few months before they started filming), but yet he still insisted he was over his ex and ready to be engaged to JoJo.
But with the GOP Senate's infighting over a not-so-skinny repeal of Obamacare, President Donald Trump's feud with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Press Secretary Anthony Scaramucci's feud with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and everything Russia-related (including the sanctions now headed to Trump's desk), the House's passage an $788 billion spending bill on Thursday night went largely ignored—except for the fact that the legislation provides $1.6 billion for the border wall.
It is indisputable, I suppose, except for the fact that, under Obama, the African American unemployment rate fell by 8.6 percent, and under Trump it has fallen by 1 percent; or that most poor white Americans who helped get Trump elected are still getting poorer; or that, even by Trump's favored measure of stock indices, the US has lagged behind France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, India, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Argentina, and Chile during his first year in office.
Andrew Kolodny, a director of opioid policy research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University who also testifies as an expert for government plaintiffs against pharmaceutical companies, said the review did not address the problems at the root of the opioid crisis — such as over-prescription of painkillers — because it was narrowly focused on the D.E.A. "When you read the report, what you really don't get out of it is that in almost every way in which the D.E.A. failed — except for the fact that they could have managed their data better — you have pharmaceutical industry and distributor industry influence," he said.

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