Unashamed, pro basketball will be served for the holidays again, hooked to Santa's sleigh with a gimpy Rudolph signed to a mid-level exception.

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But at university level, with the exception of Oxbridge, Oxford Brookes, London and Durham, British rowing is not up to much.

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The other euro countries trimmed their interest rates to the same level, with the exception of Italy, where the rate is now 3.5%.

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Level Five Leaders: Jim refers to a hierarchical matrix of leadership that describes 5 different types of leaders, and suggests that only with rare exception can anything other than a Level 5 leader take a company from good to great.

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Such a level of care for farm workers is very much the exception rather than the rule.

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With the exception of the 16 states and the District of Columbia who have committed to creating a state-level exchange, most other insurance exchanges will fall to the federal government.

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