The six governors, who include those covering La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, the three main cities, took exception to a bill that would allow the central government to scrutinise the governors' accounts and allow the Congress to sack them.

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While mobile phone bills that amount to tens of thousands of dollars are certainly the exception, "bill shock" appears to be a relatively common occurrence.

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The latest exception to this rule comes from none other than Bill Gates, who recently praised Apple's iPod, calling it "phenomenal, unbelievable, fantastic" in front of an audience at Stanford University, California.

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The bill would also delete all references to the narrowly drawn exception in the case of a biological emergency.

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But recent amendments to the bill assuaged some of their fears by creating an exception for emergency situations, for example, when there is an imminent threat to public safety or to stop the destruction of evidence.

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Former President Bill Clinton vetoed two similar bills on the grounds that they lacked an exception to protect the health of the mother.

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Star CEO drop-outs like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs may be famous, but they are by far the exception to the rule.

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Now is not the time to carve out an exception and raise middle-class taxes, which is why you should pass this bill right away.

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