Disillusionment followed a sudden, rare encounter with racism.

Yet, in his "Enemies of Books," he describes some rare encounters with the worm.

"It's a rare encounter with a constitutional interpretation that I can walk through without coming out with hard feelings," he said.

The two humorists, who are friends, say they are looking forward to their rare public encounter with relish.

It was an extraordinarily rare encounter between China's leaders and journalists.

The soldiers left today for home after a dress parade and a rare encounter with the brass.

Kerwin nodded, thinking over the rare personal encounters of his life.

She finds herself pregnant, but the timing doesn't match that of her rare encounters with her Parisian lover.

Some issues, like the Cyprus question, were carefully avoided, but both sides underscored the importance of the rare encounter.

Practical inexperience and rare encounters did not stop us talking about boys.