Looming land development threatened the rare patch of prairie.

But none pleased the borough and they were eventually withdrawn, leaving the site in its natural state as a rare patch of farmland used as cornfields.

In the rare patches of direct sunlight, the air was warm, but most of the ground was shaded by the canopy of trees.

At precisely the right moment, he begins to bask briefly in a rare patch of warmth.

The center is a glass-and-stone construction of undulating lines set into a hillside on a rare green patch amid the area's malls and commercial strips.

There's a really interesting industry-wide problem that forced Microsoft to issue a very rare out-of-cycle patch, which they did, we'll talk about.

But inside the school, behind a set of heavy metal doors, is a rare patch of peace that could help turn the neighborhood around.

Rivera, 37, has never been one to admit concern during the rare rough patches in his 12-plus seasons with the Yankees.

And the next transition was a rare rough patch for the River Café.

Even the land was blue tinged with other colors, except where a rare red-brown patch of desert showed through.