It was a rare admission for a driver to make.

It was a rare admission of weakness.

In a rare admission, the army said in a statement that it had made a mistake.

Carter said he was playing like garbage, a rare admission for a star guard who generally chafes at criticism.

"I thought I would die," he said in a rare admission of emotion.

In one rare admission, a senior Construction Jihad official said his group was overwhelmed by the destruction.

Beyond that rare admission, the brief colloquy in Federal court was noteworthy for another reason.

In it he said he had changed his mind (a rare admission by a philosopher) about two things.

However, in a rare admission of problems, the editorial continued: "At present, the food problem is a burning issue in building a thriving country."

It was a rare admission of any public discontent with the Taliban.