To omit photos with a certain keyword from your Library or from an album in iPhoto 5, simply Option-click the keyword. It will then turn red instead of blue, and any photos with that keyword will be omitted. This can be very handy if you have a lot of photos with a keyword that you don't care to look at right then and there.
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