Unlike the wrecking of a ship, the destruction of a town by a seismic event can take place over many years and there may be evidence for several phases of damage, sometimes with rebuilding in between.

Unlike his earlier town villas Corbusier was able to carefully design all four sides of the Villa Savoye in response to the view and the orientation of the sun.

Unlike many other works by King, there is little focus on the supernatural ; the only such event in the book is a telepathic vision, which forms a link to King's novel Gerald's Game ; although reviewer Sean Piccoli observed the novel otherwise contained " vintage bone-yard King: the tiny town, the secret lives.

Unlike most cities in Virginia, Hopewell was never incorporated as a town, but it was incorporated as an independent city in 1916.

Unlike the later imperial fora in Rome — which were self-consciously modeled on the ancient Greek plateia ( πλατεῖα ) public plaza or town square — the Roman Forum developed gradually, organically and piecemeal over many centuries.

Unlike Earth-One's Smallville, Earth-Two's Smallville stays a much less prominent small town since the Earth-Two Superman was never Superboy.

Unlike other nearby historic towns such as Paris and Franklin, Grace was not originally settled by Mormon pioneers, but has since become a predominantly Mormon-populated town.

Unlike other cities or towns in Massachusetts, Rockland's town insurance company refused to re-imburse motorists for vehicle damage as a result of Rockland's poor road conditions.

Unlike in other places, such as Cape May or Ocean City, where many visitors spend a few nights in a hotel, Margate has no hotels, so most of the people who choose this town are regulars.

Unlike coal company towns, Roaring Spring possesses a relatively wide variety of housing types without a hierarchical town plan, and unlike a model community like Kistler, no master plan appears at work like a template beneath the townscape.

Unlike the hardscrabble coal towns around it, West Pittston was generally a quiet town and home to the white-collar workers of the anthracite coal industry.

Unlike Mercies, it was filmed deliberately in the town square and utilized the Victorian and Plantation homes still intact in the area.

Unlike most other suburbs of Rochester, Brighton tends to elect mostly Democrats to town government positions.

Unlike many other towns that have shopping facilities on their outskirts, these ( and other similar developments ) can be found in and around Grimsby's town centre, making shopping far easier for pedestrians and public transport users, reflecting Grimsby's relatively cheap central commercial land.

Unlike in most neighbouring areas, the revolutionary spring of nations of 1848 passed almost unnoticed in Gorizia, thus reaffirming its reputation of a calm and loyal provincial town.

Unlike most new towns which were either completely newly built or based around small villages, Irvine was already a sizeable town which had been a Royal Burgh since 1372.

Unlike richer town dwellers, many often could not afford housing with kitchen facilities and thus relied on fast food.

Unlike most other buildings in town, the choir room section of this edifice was to remain intact in its original form until 1945.

Unlike most other churches in the town, the monastery belongs to the Russian Orthodoxy and houses a theological seminary.

Unlike other major earthworks discovered from this period, it continued to be used as a town throughout the Roman occupation of Britain and subsequently became the Saxon settlement of Sevekesham or Seovechesham at a time when most other Roman cities were being abandoned.

Unlike the East Indies voyage, this was ( according to Hakluyt's account ) highly professional in its conduct and very successful ; after picking up a chance-met separate squadron under Captain Middleton, he led an assault landing, seized the town and ( with the assistance of a flotilla of Dutch traders who also threw in their lot with him ) held it for several weeks and embarked the carrack's cargo along with local produce such as Brazil-wood ( the source of a valuable red dye used in the woolen textile industry ).

Unlike Cumbernauld, East Kilbride or Livingston Glenrothes was not originally to be a Glasgow overspill new town, although it did later take this role.

Unlike many of the parades in the town, which are council run, the Barton is owned and managed by the shop-owners.

Unlike status planning, which is primarily undertaken by administrators and politicians, corpus planning generally involves planners with greater linguistic expertise.

Unlike the later Christianization of the Saxon and of the Slavs, the Alemanni seem to have adopted Christianity gradually, and voluntarily, spread in emulation of the Merovingian elite.

Unlike Eakins, however, Sartain believed in phrenology and Beaux adopted a lifelong belief that physical characteristics correlated with behaviors and traits.

Unlike Bernini who easily adopted the mantle of the charming courtier in his pursuit of important commissions, Borromini was both melancholic and quick in temper which resulted in him withdrawing from certain jobs, and his death was by suicide.

Unlike the United States, the European Union has not adopted a uniform franchise disclosure policy.

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 the earlier leftist focus on union activism, the " New Left " instead adopted a broader definition of political activism commonly called social activism.

Unlike the Old English word god ( and Old Norse ), the term () was never adopted into Christian use and survived only in a secularized meaning of " pole, beam, stave, hill " or " yoke ".

Unlike William Cornwallis, who maintained a tight blockade of Brest with the Channel Fleet, Nelson adopted a loose blockade in hopes of luring the French out for a major battle.

Unlike subsequent official historical texts that adopted Confucian doctrine, proclaimed the divine rights of the emperors, and degraded any failed claimant to the throne, Sima Qian's more liberal and objective prose has been renowned and followed by poets and novelists.

Unlike many other World War II U. S. armored divisions, the 4th never adopted an official divisional nickname or slogan.

Unlike many hip-hop acts, they chose to perform with a live band and adopted a musical and clothing style that differed wildly from the " Gangsta Rap " sounds of Los Angeles-based hip-hop acts at the time.

Unlike the Choson dynasty where there was a huge gap between the upper and lower classes, North Korea had adopted a unified social mass, also known as the gathered-together " people ".

Unlike the analog Nagras, the Nagra V digital recorders have not been adopted as readily for the motion picture and TV industries, which mostly use competing digital multi-track machines such as the Aaton Cantar, the Fostex PD-6, the Sound Devices 744T and the Zaxcom Deva ( as of the mid-2000s ).

Unlike the other Eastern Romance populations, over time Megleno-Romanians have laid aside a name for themselves which originates in the Latin Romanus, and instead have adopted the term Vlasi or Vlashi, derived from Vlachs, a general term by which in the Middle Ages non-Romance peoples designated Romance peoples.

Unlike the AAA in America, minor team games in NPB adopted DH rule regardless of teams.

Unlike his predecessors, who had adopted the cult of the Hindu god-king, Jayavarman VII was a fervent patron of Mahayana Buddhism.

Unlike the Turbo Hydramatic 400, the Turbo Hydramatic 350 transmission, introduced in the 1968 Camaro and later adopted by most Chevrolet models had been configured for use in the third generation Corvair.

Unlike many hip-hop dances, house and rave dances are usually heralded more ' fun ' than ' competitive ', although most street dances start like so before being adopted for competition or any other purpose since nobody legally owns them.

Unlike some past rulers who had adopted animal symbolism intending to project a violent, warlike sense of power, Kérékou's symbolic animal suggested skill and cleverness ; his motto suggested that he would keep the branch from breaking, but implicitly warned of what could happen to " the branch " if it was not " in the arms of the chameleon "— political chaos.

Unlike the majority of Mennonites, this body adopted trine forward immersion as the mode of baptism.

Unlike many of her race, she was peaceful and even adopted a teenager named Kai, who apparently has Coda training as well.

Unlike the later Beaker ware, Grooved culture was not an import from the continent but seems to have developed in Orkney, early in the 3rd millennium BC, but was soon adopted in Britain and Ireland.

Unlike the Superman alter-ego of Clark Kent, who was originally little more than a front for Superman's activities, and who adopted a passive " mild-mannered " persona to conceal his underlying strength, Prince's identity functioned both to position Wonder Woman so that she could learn of situations requiring her intervention and to allow the character to embody feminist and other ideals espoused by Charles Moulton.

Unlike in antiquity, the mizzen-mast was adopted on medieval two-masters earlier than the foremast, a process which can be traced back by pictorial evidence from Venice and Barcelona to the mid-14th century.