Saving only part of a song

On the Damien Rice album "O", there is a song called "Silent Night" on track 10 that starts (after a long silence) after 14 minutes and 8 seconds; how can I only save this last, small portion of the song in my iTunes library?

You can utilize a feature of iTunes to break of the track into two tracks. First, switch your encoding preference in iTunes to AIFF so you start with the best quality import. Now import track 10. Then switch your encoding preference back to MP3 or whatever it is you used.
Now go to the track and as Zevoneer pointed out, you can set the start and stop times of the song. Set these to frame the first song (assuming you want to keep it) cutting off all that silence and Silent Night. Finish that and close the Get Info box. Now right click the song and you should see an option for Convert To MP3 (or AAC or whatever your current encoding method is). Pick that and iTunes will now make a new track (a copy) but it will only be the part you specified, the first part. Now go back to the original AIFF, do a get info again and this time pick the Silent Night part of it. Repeat. You have now created two new tracks, each only the part you want. You can delete the big AIFF track if you want.
You don't have to be in AIFF format initially by the way. You can do this to a large MP3 or AAC file, but rather than re-compress and re-encode an already encoded song and possibly degrade the sound, start with an AIFF.
Patrick

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4357
Symptoms
Occasionally, if a song purchased from the iTunes Store on a Mac or PC was not downloaded completely, the song may not play back fully. The song may abruptly stop during playback, and iTunes may start playing the next song in your library or playlist.
Resolution
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2. Click on the Purchased link in the iTunes Store to view your previously purchased music.
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