Someone who wanted an ambulance crew to open a jar of jam for them is among a unusual emergency calls revealed by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Stephen May presents the life of this extraordinary man with a detachment unusual in a biographer.
Remarkably, that was soon before he publicly endorsed her husband in 2004 for his unsuccessful presidential run, again, a highly unusual act for a civil servant.
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What we now have a most unusual situation - a bank in Scotland with profits in freefall despite previous attempts at gutting expenses, comparatively few branches and soon to become fewer, effectively little more than an financial call centre with a few cheque cashing shops and a couple of trendy business centres.
The final product is a most unusual film -- a montage of stills, brought to life through a mixture of dialogue, narration and sound effects.
While there is no official record of dinghy journeys around the island, the winds and high waves on its south side make it a highly unusual venture in such a small boat.
Police Commissioner Ed Davis is the most high-profile official to call for large-scale counseling efforts, a seemingly unusual gesture from the commander of a large police department.
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The Bluebell Railway is a bit unusual because Henry's mentor is a volunteer and doesn't have to be paid.
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Croyden is also a rather unusual place in that it's a public school that offers one-on-one intensive counseling for autistic children.
The sum, investigators suspect, may be linked to Haney's securing a highly unusual agreement committing the Federal Communications Commission to a long-term lease at the Portals.
I've had to face some things a bit unusual for me, but when you lose a match you move on and go to the last tournament of the year.
The latter might seem a bit unusual, being what Mr Arshad describes as principally a "shopping community", and one whose users are overwhelmingly female.
Wang comes from a background unusual among architects of his stature, having served a nearly decade-long hitch working with traditional craftsmen in the construction industry.
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Also, on about 1% of the beds "there is a very unusual infestation of barnacles which appears to have caused a high mortality (75%) of cockles".
His speech to parliamentarians of the ruling party before they voted for a leader was unusual for a Japanese politician.
Indeed, prices of U.S. Treasurys and other safe bonds also have been climbing lately, a relatively unusual occurrence when stocks have rallied and one that could suggest a fear of the economy's outlook.
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In a highly unusual move, Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings wrote a long blog post on Seeking Alpha in response to a previous post by investor Whitney Tilson making the case for shorting Netflix shares.
Last week, in a highly unusual action, 80 chief executives of U.S. corporations joined in a formal protest at the situation, signing a document pressuring Congress to reduce the federal deficit and begin spending cuts.
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It published a freestanding catalog devoted solely to the Rothko painting-a bold and unusual move for a single painting.
There are signs of that actually happening in the next few months -- not an avalanche of masterworks, not the sudden transformation of an obviously troubled part of the entertainment industry, but the emergence of a number of unusual movies with a better-than-even chance of artistic as well as commercial success.
In a statement on their Securelist website, Kaspersky said miniduke is a very unusual cyberattack.
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They traveled together on a bus, which is a little unusual in this state.
While Ms Mills-Westley's death was clearly a highly unusual incident, Tenerife is not without its problems.
Cardinal O'Brien's decision to forgo the conclave is a highly unusual move, analysts say.
In a highly unusual arrangement, Karlsson will oversee creative in two offices, New York and London, simultaneously.
It's a very unusual sort of phobia and he seems to be in his own little world.
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