It's that peculiar French perversity that all of us who have our home here grow to know as l'exception francaise - the French exception.

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Mr Hollande, who has insisted "l'exception culturelle" must be excluded from forthcoming trade negotiations between the EU and the US, said in a statement welcoming the Lescure report that he was "fundamentally attached to the defence" of French culture.

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With the exception of Arkansas interim head coach John L. Smith, we gave first-year coaches a pass.

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