Except that where Thoreau lived by his pond for a total of several months over several years, Deakin lived by his moat for nearly four decades, watching and noting the habits of the trees, creatures, wind, sun and water around him.
A perfect example: his plan to extend the Earned Income Tax Credit looks almost exactly like Obama's and the one put forward by Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (itself a creature of bipartisan birth) except that, where Murray and Obama pay for their proposed expansion with increasing taxes on corporations and the very wealthy, Ryan would just cut other anti-poverty programs.
Except that where the promise of US barbecue is concerned, I'm not entirely sure I am all that sound of mind.
Except that where Mrs T spoiled us with big privatisations such as BT and British Gas, her sons could only rustle up Royal Mail and uranium enrichment merchants Urenco.
Except, that is, where Ronnie is heading tonight: a local pub where the canal cuts beneath St Pancras Way.
Standing here is a bit like hanging in a tree house, except that where the tree should be there's a space.
Except, that is, where it comes to price, because the TDI carries a $3,500 premium over the gas model.
Sitting on the little terrace at the front of the restaurant, with statues of ancients looking down, you can almost imagine yourself in a Roman plaza, except that where the fountain ought to be you see a ring of slots surmounted by a Mercedes on a revolving platform.
Except, that is, where they are, in Powers' evocative phrase for the burnt-out house at Woodstock, "sightless".
Except that's where the problem starts.
They're all over the place". Except, that is, where the peaks give way to office towers and the chaparral has been bulldozed for subdivisions.
