Unlike other prophets, Obadiah does not present a “ turn or burn ” message, simply a message of inevitable doom as a consequence of previous actions.

Unlike previous wars, which were often fought mainly from fixed lines and trenches, World War II was a highly mobile war, often fought in cities, forests, or other areas where mobility and visibility were restricted.

Unlike all previous forays by the military into Ecuadorian politics, the coup of 1925 was made in the name of a collective grouping rather than a particular caudillo.

Unlike the previous generation of British film makers who had broken into directing and production after careers in the theatre or on television, the Art Cinema Directors were mostly the products of Art Schools.

Unlike previous games, which had relied purely on General MIDI for music, Hexen is also able to play tracks from CDs.

Unlike many previous first ladies, when Hoover's wife, Lou Henry Hoover, came to the White House, she had already carved out her own reputation, having graduated from Stanford as the only woman in her class with a degree in geology.

* Irish martingale: Unlike the previous designs, this very simple " martingale " does not control the height of the horse's head, but merely keeps the reins from going over the horse's head in the result of a fall.

Unlike previous recovery trends, domestic consumption has been the dominant factor of growth.

Unlike most civil law systems, common law systems follow the doctrine of stare decisis, by which most courts are bound by their own previous decisions in similar cases, and all lower courts should make decisions consistent with previous decisions of higher courts.

Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.

Unlike most previous definitions of Reptilia, however, Modesto and Anderson's definition includes birds.

Unlike the previous invaders, he looted, ransacked, and destroyed everything in the ancient Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa Kingdoms beyond recovery.

Unlike the previous governments, the administration decided to take a long-term view and execute market-based reforms at a gradual pace.

Unlike in previous years, passengers are generally prohibited from entering the cockpit during flight.

Unlike previous detectors, using heavy water would make the detector sensitive to two reactions, one sensitive to all neutrino flavours, which would allow a detector to measure neutrino oscillations directly.

Unlike the much more successful joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and his brother Lucius Verus in the previous century, relations were hostile between the two Severid brothers from the very start.

Unlike many previous years, he was the only performer in the entire halftime show.

( Unlike the " chessboard " opening of the previous series, this new prologue was also included in UK broadcasts of the series.

Unlike previous emperors, he openly used the army to back his authority, and paid them well to do so.

Unlike previous collections, this does not come with any printed documentation ( instead including PDF files containing the original manuals for copy protection purposes ), and the " Runs on Windows XP " blurb on the box is justified by an included copy of freeware application DOSBox, leaving many to see this edition ( and the simultaneous releases of the Police Quest, King's Quest and Space Quest collections ) as a cash-in to measure the viability of future games in the series.

Unlike the previous election, where the outcome was a foregone conclusion, Democratic-Republicans campaigned heavily for Jefferson, and Federalists campaigned heavily for Adams.

Unlike the previous beam width definitions, the D86 width is not derived from marginal distributions.

Unlike previous campaign settings, in which the calendar was frozen at a point chosen by the author, the Living Greyhawk calendar did advance one year in game time for every calendar year in real time: the campaign started in 591 CY ( 2001 ) and ended in 598 CY ( 2008 ), at which point over a thousand adventures had been produced for an audience of over ten thousand players.

Unlike previous superheroes who acquire their powers suddenly and accidentally, Paul's are the result of " painful and slow personal progress.

Unlike the current modern state of Switzerland, which operates under a federal government, the thirteen states were nearly independent, conducting their own domestic and foreign affairs.

Unlike Yosemite, there was no state government that could assume stewardship of the land, so the federal government took on direct responsibility for the park, the official first national park of the United States.

Unlike the federal subjects, the federal districts are not a subnational level of government, but are a level of administration of the federal government.

Unlike Senators and Representatives who are constitutionally prohibited from holding any other " office of trust or profit " of the United States or of any state while holding their congressional seats, the Chief Justice and the other members of the federal judiciary are not barred from serving in other positions.

Unlike the federal government, which only has those powers granted to it in the Constitution, a state government has inherent powers allowing it to act unless limited by a provision of the state or national constitution.

Unlike national parks and other federal lands managed by the National Park Service, commercial use of national forests is permitted, and in many cases encouraged.

Unlike banking, investment in the capital markets is not guaranteed by the federal government.

Unlike the NLRA, which gives the NLRB nearly exclusive power to enforce the Act, the RLA allows employees to sue in federal court to challenge an employer's violation of the Act.

Unlike federal courts, where judges are Presidential appointees confirmed by the U. S. Senate serving life terms of office, the vast majority of states have some judges who are elected, and the methods of appointment for appointed judges vary widely.

Unlike state courts, federal courts are courts of " limited jurisdiction ", that can only hear the types of cases specified in the Constitution and federal statutes ( primarily federal crimes, cases arising under federal law, cases with a United States government party, and cases involving a diversity of citizenship between the parties ).

Unlike the Weimar Constitution, the Basic Law only names referendums, concerning the federal level of legislation, on a single issue: a new delimitation of the federal territory.

Unlike some state courts, the power of federal courts to hear cases and controversies is strictly limited.

Unlike the systems of most other countries, education in the United States is highly decentralized, and the federal government and Department of Education are not heavily involved in determining curricula or educational standards ( with the recent exception of the No Child Left Behind Act ).

Unlike some of his fellow Union officers who came from abolitionist families, he was opposed to federal interference with slavery.

Unlike the provincial superior courts, which exercise inherent or general jurisdiction, the federal courts ' jurisdiction is limited by statute.

Unlike the Charter, it was an ordinary Act of Parliament, which could be amended by a simple majority of Parliament, and it was applicable only to the federal government.

Unlike Japan and the United Kingdom ( where regulatory authority over the banking, securities and insurance industries is combined into one single financial-service agency ), the U. S. maintains separate securities, commodities, and insurance regulatory agencies — separate from the bank regulatory agencies — at the federal and state level.

Unlike other parties in Canada, where provincial and federal politics are strictly separated and members of one are not necessarily members of the other, NDP members are members of both the federal party and the provincial party.