But virtually every rare earth ore deposit around the world contains, in varying concentrations, a slightly radioactive element called thorium.
In particular, M9a1b and M9a1a2 showed a restricted distribution in western China, Myanmar, northeast India, and the south Himalaya region, but were virtually very rare or absent in northern China and Northeast Asia and even southern China (the suggested place of origin of M9a'b and M9a1), indicating that both haplogroups might have distinct origins from the other M9a'b sub-haplogroups.
(The 507's spiritual and aesthetic successor was the rare, virtually hand-built aluminum Z8, designed in large part by Henrik Fisker).
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But on March 6, CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding claimed that Hannah's case was a rare, virtually one-of-a-kind incident with little, if any relevance to the other 4,900 autism claims currently pending in the court -- or to any other case of autism for that matter.(There were conflicting accounts about whether Gerberding was on the call or not).
Agendas are vague, debate rare, dissent virtually unheard of.
"Finding that is pretty rare — actually, virtually unheard-of in the archaeological record," he said.
Despite all this, "Grundeinkommen" is an absorbing thought experiment for Americans, because it represents a kind of optimism that is rare, or virtually nonexistent, in U.S. economic discussions.
There is rare and virtually unanimous agreement across the economics profession that these effects would be negative, as today's letter by 10 Nobel prize-winners to the Guardian underlines afresh.
Leaching is rare and virtually ineffective; strong evaporation leads to the upward movement of alkaline salts through capillary action, which often leaves a skin of white salt lime crystals on the surface.
