41.   Last year was a rare exception, thanks to the federal and state budget surpluses.

42.   Last night was a rare exception.

43.   Monday night was a rare exception.

44.   Natasa Kandic is one rare exception.

45.   Now, under a rare exception to the licensing rights granted by the International Olympic Committee, scores of participating countries issue Olympic stamps every Olympic year.

46.   On a continent of seemingly inexorable fertility, Zimbabwe is a rare exception.

47.   Only rare exceptions may be justified to protect the privacy of individuals peripheral to the case.

48.   Others, such as Eric Singer, think there are rare exceptions to the rule.

49.   Reich remains a rare exception, working in a language of his own making.

50.   Service is efficient and, with rare exceptions, polite, another sharp contrast.