Because "Sense" is a genre picture, though an unusually thoughtful and elegant one, it serves as an exception.
Studios can console themselves in believing that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice serves as an exception to the trend, since it grossed $871.9m worldwide, eclipsing Man of Steel, which earned $668m in 2013.
The Cohan Rule serves as an exception to stringent IRS recordkeeping requirements, allowing taxpayers everywhere to prove by "other credible evidence" that they actually incurred the expenses for deductible purposes.
But if threatened game meat isn't terribly popular in most of Africa, Zimbabwe has occasionally served as an exception.
Mr. Harris regards original, moderately ambitious nonfranchise-based films that adults might see without embarrassment as an endangered species, and recent examples (he cites "Inception," but a half-dozen of the other best picture nominees would serves as well) as exceptions to the rule.
For example, a pardoned individual could still potentially serve as an unindicted coconspirator, which triggers benefits to a prosecution such as a hearsay exception for co-conspirator statements.
LeanIn.org may serve as an initial template.
Technological norms may serve as an example.
In so doing, the book serves as a significant exception to the case that David Foster Wallace made, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, more than two decades ago, against the "the sports-star-'with'-somebody autobiography".
Berkshire traditionally only participates in deals valued at over $500 million — so assuming this isn't an exception — it should serve as a fairly safe benchmark.
