With its combination of an American-aligned foreign policy and a large, angry Muslim population, Britain is an unusual case among Western countries.
London was an unusual case because its mayor filled a vacuum that had existed since Margaret Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council in 1986.
In a statement, Sheila Foley, chief executive of the East London and the City Mental Health Trust said there would be an independent inquiry following the "unusual case".
In Los Angeles, the unusual case of two immigrants whose deportations were botched by U.S. immigration officials has allowed a rare glimpse into internal proceedings within the Department of Homeland Security.
Mr Magnitsky's relatives regard the unusual case as illegal.
Falling house prices, whether regionally or (in the recent but unusual case) nationally tend to push up defaults, which in turn puts pressure on financial institutions, which in turn affects the entire economy.
Student loans are an unusual case.
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"This is an unusual case where the pricing moves that the players are making are not about trying to get unilateral advantage so much as they are trying to put the industry on a sustainable, long-term footing, " Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett said.
Bonds really is an unusual case in that, I mean, he's been around now for more than 20 years, and for much of that, you know, has developed, you know, either through his own connivance or, you know, with the interpretations of others this reputation is being the, you know, America's leading sports pain in the butt.
Board of Education, which led to desegregation of U.S. schools, as well as an unusual little case involving fox hunting among the Southampton gentry that illustrates the slippery concept of property ownership.
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The Apple case is unusual because many Chinese customers have rallied to its side.
The fineness of the ash in this case is unusual, says Thorvaldur Thordarson, an Icelandic volcanologist.
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Last week, for instance, Washington and Brussels filed an unusual World Trade Organization case against Beijing on the grounds that the Chinese are not exporting enough.
The health secretary stressed this particular case was unusual.
"I do not really believe that the end of the world is coming, but it is nice to be here in case something unusual happens, " Darko, a 28-year-old designer visiting from Belgrade, told AFP.
With marked-up copies of Verizon's agreement, Cablevision attorneys pointed out areas they found weak: Verizon's schedule to build out service in the entire town, its obligation to restore damaged municipal property and clauses excusing Verizon from penalties in case of unusual events.
Jonathan Phillips, chairman of North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board, said the case was unusual "in that it focuses on a very short period of the man's life and that his involvement took place over the extended Christmas and New Year holiday period".
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Ms. Kelley's apparent regret points to one of the more unusual aspects of the case: what began as a seemingly minor case of cyberstalking mushroomed into fears that the Central Intelligence Agency director's personal email account had been hacked, which spawned concerns the CIA director might have passed sensitive information to his mistress.
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For punitive damages of that size to be awarded in a commercial case is very unusual.
Fitzgerald said the case required "unusual measures" because of actions Blagojevich was expected to take soon, including filling the vacant Senate seat.
Christine's case is more unusual: Five months after her son, Walter, was abducted, the police reunited mother and child with great public fanfare.
The case also is unusual because Zoloft has had cheap generic competition since 2006, so it's no longer advertised, and little brand-name Zoloft is sold.
Further complicating the case are some unusual court dynamics.
While the federal government routinely obtains one 30-day extension of filing deadlines in its Supreme Court cases and not infrequently obtains a second, the 98-day extension in this case is very unusual, even by federal government standards.
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"I don't think it can be said that what has been done in this particular case is so unusual - and so outside what the government has indicated it would do - that it's in some way an extraordinary decision, " he added.
This case is very unusual in that residency cases are usually about states trying to hang onto somebody they already have, at least for a little bit longer, like Robin Ingle, who ended up paying a quarter million dollars to New York, becasue her boyfriend was too busy to help her move in April causing her to wait until July.
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