Numerous Biblical passages sing the praises of the verdant nature of Lebanon, a rarity in the generally parched region of the Middle East.
Novartis went ahead because it saw a rarity: one of the few untapped drug markets left.
As a result stock markets around the world began rallying off their late August lows, and produced the rarity of a substantial rally in September and October, historically the worst two months of the year.
His access produces an interview with Prince William and several lesser scoops a rarity in the world of royal biography, in which the same anecdotes turn up in each book.
And because women are still a rarity at the top of the corporate ladder, they often get a lot more attention than their male counterparts on the way up--and on the way down.
The 1998 incident, which forced Rahim to resign in disgrace, came amid scenes in the capital in which the RMP, donning riot gear (a rarity for the force), battled supporters of the aggrieved former deputy premier.
The precarious rarity of wildcats might also count against the likelihood of such a sighting - and Dr O'Donoghue says "time is rapidly running out for them".
The case was considered a rarity and the procedure to remove it was unheard of in the city of Petropolis, just outside of Rio de Janeiro.
Outside Athens, people are using e-mail, still a bit of a rarity in Greece, to sign on with the Liberals.
As more of our daily lives move to the virtual, and for photographers hard copy prints or transparencies become a rarity, it is a treat to find a project that focuses on the world of analogue photography.
The value of a film poster is based on the fame of the films and actors, rarity, good condition and design impact.
We all know that using the words "relaxed" and "banker" in the same sentence is a rarity unless, of course, one is referring to the rule book.
It says something about the political class today that the experience of having served in the military is such a rarity that it is seen, not infrequently, through a distorting lens.
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As a Palestinian-American, the Jets' offensive lineman is a rarity in the NFL. Aboushi, drafted in the fifth round out after a standout career at the University of Virginia, is one of just a handful of players with that ethnic background.
The rarity of a writers room full of showrunners is understandable.
So good, in fact, that Royce remains committed to keeping the Ocean House and its about-to-be-opened sister property a few miles down the road, the Weekapaug Inn, independently operated, a rarity in this era of hospitality-chain management.
The rarity of tsunamis, which she described as a once-in-a-50-year event, makes the task of spreading awareness about them more difficult.
Actually, opponents of the treaty committed a Washington rarity, taking a stand in opposition to public opinion.
Their pampered predecessors, thanks to the then rarity of a university education, had been sailing effortlessly into prestigious, well-paid positions.
Witness, they say, the arrival of two female sharia judges, a first for Malaysia, and a rarity in the Islamic world, who started work on August 2nd, the same day as Mr Anwar's hearing.
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Back then Bluetooth seemed an oddity and perhaps a rarity to a world that was not yet convinced of the advantages to being wireless.
O'Neill has visited each of his 604 dealers in person, a rarity in the auto industry.
Shmith expects collectors may already be eyeing a potential purchase of the Ballarat nugget because of its rarity.
But in spite of the campaign rhetoric, few U.S. industry groups oppose the agreement--a rarity when it comes to trade.
The rarity of this stems from a long history of consolidation, but also confers on Regeneron a higher probability of clinical success.
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In emerging nations such as China and India, where a college education was a rarity just a generation ago, tens of thousands of students graduate each year from universities that are on par with the best in the world.
Astronomers are uncertain if this represents a genuine rarity of systems like our own, or a simple self-selection problem in which our current technology only has the sensitivity to pick up the weird systems.
"This is a preventative step we're choosing to take despite the rarity of these incidents, " said Robbie Bach, senior vice president, Microsoft home and entertainment division.
"Basically a coin with a story and a rarity will trump everything else, " Douglas Mudd, curator of the American Numismatic Association Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Thus there is a rarity value to being in the Big Leagues and thus some of the extra revenue can be and is abstracted by those who own that scarce commodity.
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