But even a passing knowledge of American history would tell you how unusual a family formation the nuclear one is.
But none have taken as unusual a route into international cricket as Brendan Nash, a left-handed batsman who turns 31 during the first Test in Dunedin.
The Earth is just too unusual a place, they insisted, with its stable orbit, nearby moon, watery surface, plate tectonics and unique position in the galaxy.
Stephen May presents the life of this extraordinary man with a detachment unusual in a biographer.
His speech to parliamentarians of the ruling party before they voted for a leader was unusual for a Japanese politician.
They would also return, as Mr Abraha has, with valuable skills and a hankering for the briny unusual in a landlocked country.
Throw in the fact that United has conceded more than a goal a game this season unusual for a top team, let alone the runaway leader in the Premier League and Real Madrid has averaged nearly two goals away from home and you can see how Mourinho isn't exactly despairing at how things have unfolded thus far.
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During a single journey, it wasn't unusual for a badge to be meticulously scrutinized at least a dozen times.
Kidney failure wasn't a feature of SARS, and in general is unusual for a respiratory illness, he said.
"This was a very intricate piece of writing which is completely unusual for a neophyte or a beginning playwright, " says Jim Simpson, the founder and artistic director of The Flea Theater, where "The Vandal" is playing.
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.
It would be unusual for a junior minister to be promoted to cabinet rank without a spell at minister of state level but these are unusual times.
As a result you uncover things that were not brought up in the show , so its not unusual for a deal to fall through in the DD phase.
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.
But the friendly banter stopped when Ditiro spotted something unusual: a couple of vultures in a nearby tree.
It was unusual for a woman to be approached in that much described, time-honored way.
This is unusual for a Church that boasts its own Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
While sunset clauses are highly unusual in a law this major, they are common elsewhere.
It's not unusual for a big piece of legislation to elicit strong oppositions at first.
The doctor said Mr Tobin made "very poor eye contact" which was unusual for a patient.
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It is not unusual for a judge to request further explanation about a case.
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It's highly unusual for a woman to get pregnant on her own after age 45.
It is unusual for a senior White House official to leave during an election year.
What is unusual for a building of this size is the number of parking spaces, just 48.
Still, that is highly unusual for a Baylor team that features five seniors, four of them starters.
Thanks to their squeaky-clean image, the Jackson 5 became teen idols, unusual for a group of African-American youngsters.
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