Unlike other contemporary scripts, such as Cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Phoenician script consisted of only about two dozen symbols.

Unlike earlier adaptations that were set during the time in which the novels were written, however, these TV movies were set in the contemporary era.

Unlike Coronation Street which had a very nostalgic view of working-class life, Brookside brought together working and middle-class families in a more contemporary environment.

Unlike many contemporary texts on the topic, he does not engage the games in the text with moralistic arguments ; instead, he portrays them in an astrological context.

Unlike later writers, no near contemporary source remarks on Macbeth as a tyrant.

Unlike the DC Universe, few of Marvel's 1940s characters have become major characters in modern publications ; Captain America is one exception, and to a lesser extent his contemporary, the Sub-Mariner, is as well, primarily because both of these characters were reintroduced to readers and to the Marvel Universe during the 1960s.

Unlike many contemporary ' saints ' of Wales, David was officially recognised by the Vatican by Pope Callixtus II in 1120, thanks to the work of Bernard, Bishop of St David's.

Unlike his contemporary, the Finn Jean Sibelius, Nielsen's reputation abroad did not start to evolve until after World War II.

Unlike contemporary minicomputers, most IBM mainframes were not equipped for character-at-a-time interrupts.

Unlike contemporary mountain men, Smith never smoked, got drunk, or used profanity.

Unlike some contemporary drummers, Bonham did not use a double-bass drum kit.

Unlike the contemporary Chevrolet Corvette, which used fiberglass for only exterior bodywork, the Elite also used this glass-reinforced plastic material for the entire load-bearing structure of the car, though the front of the monocoque incorporated a steel subframe supporting the engine and front suspension, and there was a hoop at the windscreen for mounting door hinges and jacking the car up.

Unlike New York's early skyscrapers, which took the form of towers arising from a lower, blockier mass, such as the contemporary Singer Building ( 1902 – 1908 ), the Flatiron Building epitomizes the Chicago school conception: like a classical Greek column, its facade – limestone at the bottom changing to glazed terra-cotta from the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company in Tottenville, Staten Island as the floors rise – is divided into a base, shaft and capital.

Unlike several contemporary women writers, including " Mrs. Sigourney " and " Mrs. Stowe ", she was familiarly referred to in a less formal manner as " Margaret ".

Unlike Good Times, a contemporary show that also had an African-American cast, What's Happening !!

Unlike the League, the UN had the active participation of the United States and the Soviet Union, the world's two greatest contemporary powers.

Unlike classical ballet, contemporary ballet often utilizes ground work and dancers often perform in bare feet.

Unlike the NES, the SG-1000 initially had very little to differentiate itself from earlier consoles such as the ColecoVision and contemporary computers such as the MSX.

Unlike so many other contemporary Iranian poets, Sepehri does not have a political agenda.

Unlike other standard bearers ( such as signifers ), the aquilifer probably did not wear an animal skin, instead going bareheaded ( no contemporary depiction of an aquilifer shows him with a headdress or helmet ).

Unlike other contemporary languages such as Pascal, C or BASIC, PL / M had no standard input or output routines.

Unlike sales of the contemporary 4-door Cortina, Capri sales in Britain were to private buyers who would demand less discounts than fleet buyers allowing higher margins with the coupé.

Unlike contemporary peace officers, these lawmen generally pursued other occupations, often earning money as gamblers, business owners, or outlaws — as was the case with " Curly " Bill Brocius, who, while always referred to as an outlaw, served as a deputy sheriff under sheriff Johnny Behan.

Unlike many other contemporary organists, Reincken died wealthy.

Unlike mainstream medicine, CAM often lacks or has only limited experimental and clinical study ; however, scientific investigation of CAM is beginning to address this knowledge gap.

Unlike the positivists, he did not claim that metaphysical statements must be meaningless ; he also claimed that a statement which was " metaphysical " and unfalsifiable in one century ( like the ancient Greek philosophy about atoms ) could, in another century, be developed into falsifiable theories that have the metaphysical views as a consequence, and thus become scientific.

Unlike most major shifts in scientific thought, special relativity was adopted by the scientific community remarkably quickly, consistent with Einstein's later comment that the laws of physics described by the Special Theory were " ripe for discovery " in 1905.

Unlike myth, which is a means of explaining the natural world through means other than logical criticism, scientific tradition was inherited from Socrates, who proposed critical discussion, according to Popper.

Unlike other engineering schools of the day, Lehigh was envisioned as a university instead of an " institute of technology ," offering an education that was rooted in both scientific and classical traditions as espoused by John Amos Comenius.

Unlike his father, Tom Jr. is not just a tinkerer ; he relies on scientific and mathematical theories, and, according to critic Robert Von der Osten, " science the books is, in fact, understood to be a set of theories that are developed based on experimentation and scientific discussion.

Unlike the scientific method which relies on peer reviewed experiments which attempt to prove or disprove a falsifiable hypothesis, exploratory engineering relies on peer review, simulation and other methods employed by scientists, but applies them to some hypothetical artifact, a specific and detailed hypothesized design or process, rather than to an abstract model or theory.

Unlike most scientific journals, which focus on a specific field, Science and its rival Nature cover the full range of scientific disciplines.

Unlike hypotheses, theories and laws may be simply referred to as scientific fact.

Unlike many image formats, FITS is designed specifically for scientific data and hence includes many provisions for describing photometric and spatial calibration information, together with image origin metadata.

Lowery and DeFleur argue the book was much more than a simple research report: it was an effort to interpret the authors ' research within a framework of conceptual schemes, theoretical issues, and research findings drawn broadly from the scientific study of small groups Unlike the hypodermic needle model, which considers mass media effects to be direct, the two-step flow model stresses human agency.

Unlike French naturalism, which was based on positivistic ideals, Verga and Capuana rejected claims of the scientific nature and social usefulness of the movement.

Unlike many scientific writers of his time, Bernard writes about his own experiments and thoughts, and uses the first person.

Unlike scientific taxonomy, folk taxonomies serve many purposes.

Unlike the BBC series, however, the shows do not feature specific tests of the scientific principles in the films or television programs, nor are they hosted ( just narrated ), but rather use the statements of experts as well as real life footage to prove their point.

Unlike many mathematical institutes, it has no permanent faculty or members, and its scientific activities are overseen by its Directorate and its Scientific Advisory Committee, a panel of distinguished mathematicians drawn from a variety of different areas of mathematical research.

Unlike Rendezvous with Rama, which depicted a utopian future and focused almost entirely on the hard science fiction elements regarding the scientific wonders of the alien spacecraft, Rama II and its sequels deconstruct Clarke's vision of human colonies throughout the solar system through a global economic crisis that forced their almost total deactivation.

Unlike the solutions based on perceptual learning, targeted on improving the visual processing in the brain, the available solutions based upon exercising the ciliary muscles have neither scientific basis nor have they been proved effective.

Unlike academic history, public history is typically a collaborative effort, does not necessarily rely on primary research, is more democratic in participation, and does not aspire to absolute " scientific " objectivity.

Unlike most nations, the CHS is not part of Canada's navy, but is rather a civilian scientific organization under the federal government's Department of Fisheries and Oceans ( DFO ).