What makes the current phenomenon unique is that so many science-fiction writers have reversed a trend and turned to writing works critical of the impact of science and technology on human life.

One of the inescapable realities of the Cold War is that it has thrust upon the West a wholly new and historically unique set of moral dilemmas.

But Oakwood Heights is unique in one particular.

The structure appears to be unique among OOH compounds, but is the same as that assumed by Af.

A number of unique medical problems might be created when man is exposed to an infectious agent through the respiratory route rather than by natural portal of entry.

These operators D and N are unique and each is a polynomial in T.

It is interesting that a 1: 1 correspondence can be established between the lines of two such pencils, so that in a sense a unique image can actually be assigned to each tangent.

Hence, thought of as a line in a particular plane **yp, any tangent to Q has a unique image and moreover this image is the same for all planes through L.

Spontaneity training theory is unique and relatively new.

This weakness is not unique to labor surplus areas, for it is inherent in the system of local school districts in this country.

What with traders trading for so many different objectives, and what with there being so many unique and individualized market theories and trading techniques in use, and more coming into use all the time, it is hard to imagine how any particular theory or technique could acquire enough `` fans '' to invalidate itself.

Probably the primary reason for special treatment of a net operating loss carryover is the unique opportunity it presents for tax avoidance.

It is the classroom teacher, however, who has daily contacts with pupils, and who is in a unique position to put sound psychological principles into practice.

One reason for the unique vitality of the chorus is its great variety in expression.

The policy may not be unique but the maximum value of P certainly is, and once the policy is specified this maximum can be calculated by ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) as a function of the feed state Af.

Sir Julian Huxley in his book Uniqueness Of Man makes the novel point that just as man is unique in being the only animal which requires a long period of infancy and childhood under family protection, so is he the only animal who has a long period after the decline of his procreativity.

Most people do not realize that the congregation, as a gathered fellowship meeting regularly face to face, personally sharing in a common experience and expressing that experience in daily relationships with one another, is unique.

A sense of self-certainty and the freedom to experiment with different roles, or confidence in one's own unique behavior as an alternative to peer-group conformity, is more easily developed during adolescence if, during early childhood, the individual was permitted to exercise initiative and encouraged to develop some autonomy.

First, the State Department is unique among government agencies for its lack of public supporters.

The death of a man is unique, and yet it is universal.

The logic of creating a strong, balanced, competitive two-system railroad service in the East is so obvious that B. & O. was publicly committed to the approach outlined here.

The inference is overwhelming that Du Pont's commanding position was promoted by its stock interest and was not gained solely on competitive merit ''.

Certain badly disillusioned market critics are often apt to feel that there is something somehow unfair, dirty, or even thoroughly criminal about this interplay of competitive forces.

Foreign competition has become so severe in certain textiles that Washington is exploring new ways of handling competitive imports.

In cooked and edible forms, amaranth is competitive with wheat germ and oats-higher in some nutrients, lower in others.

Ampicillin acts as a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme transpeptidase, which is needed by bacteria to make their cell walls.

This is the most popular form of competitive archery worldwide and is called target archery.

Egypt's Ambassador to the UN has also stated " The question is why all of a sudden, when third world labour has proved to be competitive, why do industrial countries start feeling concerned about our workers?

Specifically, at speeds of OC-3 and above, the cost of segmentation and reassembly ( SAR ) hardware makes ATM less competitive for IP than Packet Over SONET ( POS ); because of its fixed 48-byte cell payload, ATM is not suitable as a data link layer directly underlying IP ( without the need for SAR at the data link level ) since the OSI layer on which IP operates must provide a maximum transmission unit ( MTU ) of at least 576 bytes.

While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play.

Because shuttlecock flight is affected by wind, competitive badminton is played indoors.

The World Bridge Federation is the governing body for international competitive bridge.

While duplicate is the primary form of higher levels of competitive bridge, it is also played socially.

Over a four of a suit it is likely to be a competitive raise, expecting to play four notrump.

State-monopoly capitalism was originally a Marxist concept referring to a form of corporate capitalism in which state policy is utilized to benefit and promote the interests of dominant or established corporations by shielding them from competitive pressures or by providing them with subsidies.

This is a less competitive activity than rock climbing.

Croquet is popularly believed to be viciously competitive.

There is an especially large interest with competitive success by players in Egypt.

Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions.

The current club ownership have stated that a larger stadium is necessary in order for Chelsea to stay competitive with rival clubs who have significantly larger stadia, such as Arsenal and Manchester United.

This service is made available, at no additional cost, to Optimum Broadband subscribers, and is available at over 14, 000 locations across Long Island, NY, parts of NJ and CT. Cablevision has reported a double digit reduction in subscriber churn since launching Optimum Wi-Fi, even as Verizon has rolled out FiOS, a competitive residential broadband service in the Cablevision footprint.