The Mamluks were meant to be a kind of one-generation nobility owing loyalty only to the sultan.
All of the services have their own ways of determining qualifications and skill and what is the difference between physical strength and ability, but the gentleman raised a very important issue, and that is the draft, because one of the unintended consequences of this kind of legislation could be to take a problem in recruiting women into support positions and then precipitate a crisis.
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles said he was "a one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-repeated star".
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That may be one reason why it feels like a kind of desecration when I allow my work life to invade this place.
"I decided to (be) a hip old lady" -- one who had a wicked sense of humor, the kind of person who was married 12 times and cracked a whip in a ward of cardiac patients.
One of the first of its kind to be opened by a local authority in the country it offered residential courses, day courses and conference facilities until its closure last September.
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Ominously, his advisers have let it be known that he favours a new kind of centrism, one with more appeal for the unions and racial minorities than the old kind.
But the Barnes example needs to be understood for what it is: a one-of-a-kind situation where a move of still-questionable necessity that seemed destined to destroy the institution miraculously did not.
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Brands that are likely to increase in value are those that produce classic, one-of-a-kind pieces that could be considered works of art.
But the fact is that he believes very strongly that mental health is one of the major areas that needs to be addressed as we take a kind of comprehensive approach to this problem.
Another difference between these leases and traditional ones is that these leases can be terminated at any time without the kind of penalty one would pay with a lease on, say, a Cadillac through General Motors.
Another difference between these leases and traditional ones is that these leases can be terminated at any time without the kind of penalty one would pay with a lease on, say, a Cadillac through General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ).
Luxury jewelry designers, many who specialize in one-of-a-kind pieces, will be participating from more than eight countries, including Italy, Spain, Philippines, Lebanon, Australia, Brazil, Germany and the U.S. The show is expected to attract the same type of collectors who attend Art Basel and are interested in rare pieces of wearable art.
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It looks like those not able to get their own one-of-a-kind Ben Heck creation could soon be able to get their hands on the next best thing, as Ben (whose work on Engadget can be found here) has now lent some of his considerable talents to the forthcoming Gameport handheld, which promises to let you get your old school emulation fix with no questions asked.
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But transmitting single particles or, to be accurate, copying the quantum state of one particle on to another, perhaps of a different kind could one day have less science-fictional uses.
"The cloak we demonstrated in 2006 as a kind of microwave device would be very poor, but this one gets us to something that could be potentially useful, " Prof Smith said.
And many Iraqis and many outside analysts see that as kind of a dangerous step and one that seems to be happening more and more with the senior clergy in Najaf weighing in more and more explicitly and directly into, in the political fray.
You should aspire to be your neighborhood's "best of breed, " not a one-of-a-kind mutt.
So that would be, in fact, a kind of a dark irony, I suppose, were one to say something like that.
If they would have bought a different kind of product from the one recommended, they might be offered partial compensation, depending on the losses they suffered.
Mr. STEINHARDT: I don't know that this is any different in a string quartet than it would be, let's say, with four people who are running a business of one kind or another.
The cardboard viewers are truly a fun and one-of-a-kind way to share 3D memories because they can be folded, dropped in an envelope and mailed to grandma who can feel like she's in the scene with her grandkids.
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It refers to a situation wherein digging for one-of-kind investment stories is likely to be more productive than following big names or broad trends.
Mr Gray sees that if one is bad, both must be. (This is right: trade is just a kind of technology.) That is why he is consistent, at least, in putting technology at the centre of his dismal forecast.
And one of the problems potentially with this new oil initiative is that it might turn out to just be kind of a throwaway and that he won't put behind it the kind of energy he did his social security reform plan.
But one doesn't need anything like that kind of money to start a super PAC, which can be created by anyone of any age.
Are you seeing - it's kind of a split screen because on the one hand one person's disaster could be another person's opportunity to own.
If you are a politician and are any kind of a wit at all - even half of one - you can expect to be lionised in the press by bored political correspondents who will guffaw at your bon mots because the rest of what passes for gaggery generally strikes a bum note.
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