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(AP) Excepts from a recording of last Friday's 17-minute taped telephone call between Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens 'former trainer, and the seven-time Cy Young Award winner:

Excerpts from Roger Clemens-Brian McNamee taped phone conversation 2008

The reason for Occam's Razor is that with enough Ifs, Buts, and Excepts you can fit any theory to any set of facts.

William Easterly: Geography Lessons: Correcting Sachs on African Economic Development 2009

African poverty is complex, but our theories about it should not have so many complex Buts, Ors, and Excepts that they are impossible to disprove.

William Easterly: Back to Sachs: Astrology, Despotism, and Africa 2009

African poverty is complex, but our theories about it should not have so many complex Buts, Ors, and Excepts that they are impossible to disprove.

William Easterly: Back to Sachs: Astrology, Despotism, and Africa 2009

Another way to put it is beware of explanations with too many Ifs, Buts and Excepts in them.

William Easterly: Geography Lessons: Correcting Sachs on African Economic Development 2009

Excepts from his book were published in Atlantic Magazine - "Captivity Pageant" - where he describes the invitation of 3 Lefties of solid Anti-American cedentials, led by Willian Sloan Coffin, to lead the hostages in a propaganda filmed "Celebration of Christmas":

"And when the captured British sailor admits she 'trespassed' into Iranian waters, there is fear in her eyes." Ann Althouse 2007

[Excepts] The third meeting of livestock-agricultural production cooperatives continues at our capital's Palace of Conventions.

3RD MEETING OF LIVESTOCK-ARGICULTURAL PROD. COOP 1988

[Excepts] Comrade Fidel Castro expressed interest in the methods of party leadership in resolving political and economic tasks and educating working people and in the organization of the labor and leisure of workers and employees.

CASTRO'S IMPRESSIONS OF MOSCOW 1972

Excepts from a newly published volume of correspondence between the poet and this magazine will be read by Paul Muldoon, Alice Quinn, and Maria Tucci.

The New Yorker NewYorker.com 2011

Excepts of Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) from the documentary

WN.com - Photown News 2010