Unlike in the United States, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) and Industry Canada have not set any requirement for maintaining AMPS service in Canada.

Unlike their counterparts in the United Methodist Church, ELCA and ELCIC synod bishops do not appoint pastors to local congregations ( pastors, like their counterparts in the Episcopal Church, are called by local congregations ).

Unlike a number of other countries, rail travel in the United Kingdom has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with kilometres / miles travelled matching and surpassing the highs of the 1940s ( see usage figures below ).

Unlike reforms in the United Kingdom, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and soon to be Western Australia, this law does not have a retrospective effect, which is unpopular with some advocates of the reform.

Unlike physician-assisted suicide, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments with patient consent ( voluntary ) is almost unanimously considered, at least in the United States, to be legal.

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

Unlike the United Kingdom, traffic in Gibraltar drives on the right, as it shares a land border with Spain.

Unlike the United States ( see American English ) and Canada ( see Canadian English ), Ireland does not have its own spelling rules and British English spelling is used throughout the island.

Unlike most other specialized international agencies, the IAEA does much of its work with the Security Council, and not with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization has a tripartite governing structure — representing governments, employers and workers ( usually with a ratio of 2: 1: 1 ).

Unlike other tribes who exchanged land grants, the Chickasaw were to receive mostly financial compensation of $ 3 million from the United States for their lands east of the Mississippi River.

Unlike the United States, Canada has no nationwide coast-to-coast Interstate highway system.

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 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or the President of the United States who can appoint his own government cabinet, the General Secretary of the Central Committee, in the post-Stalin period, could not appoint new members to the Politburo without support from a majority within the Politburo itself.

Unlike most sports, the essence of professional wrestling's roots can still be seen all over the United States.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, the books have always had very limited popularity in the United States.

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 higher education in Europe, there was no national curriculum for colleges and universities in the United States.

Unlike most nearby emirates, Qatar declines to become part of either the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia.

Unlike the period prior to the war, immigration was now directed at Europe and more specifically to the United Kingdom and Ireland, not from the United States, which was the largest source of immigration before the war.

Unlike Blur, Oasis were able to achieve sustained sales in the United States thanks to the singles " Wonderwall " and " Champagne Supernova ".

Unlike many civil law countries which have some courts on which panels of judges with nearly equal status composed of both legally trained professional judges and lay judges who lack legal training and are not career judges, the United States legal system ( like most Anglo-American legal systems ) makes a clear distinction between professional judges and laymen involved in deciding case who are jurors who are part of a jury.

Unlike in some Westminster system parliaments, in which the office of speaker is considered to be non-partisan, in the United States the speakership of the House is a leadership position in the majority party and the office-holder actively works to set that party's legislative agenda ; the office is therefore endowed with considerable political power.

Unlike in the United States the name ( John ) Doe does not actually appear in the formal name of the case, for example: X & Y v Persons Unknown HRLR 4.

Unlike the United States Lanham Act, 1946 the English Trade Marks Act, 1994 and the Indian Act, 1999 do not have provisions like section 43 ( a ) ( of Lanham Act ) to protect un-registered trade dress or allow registration of trade dress which qualifies the tests of distinctiveness and source identifier.

Unlike Eastern Europe, where Jews constituted a distinct minority group, the United States offered Jews an opportunity to blend into the dominant culture.

Unlike the New Deal, which was a response to a severe financial and economic calamity, the Great Society initiatives came just as the United States ' post-World War II prosperity was starting to fade, but before the coming decline was being felt by the middle and upper classes.

Unlike large established vineyards in other parts of the United States and Europe, the growers and winemakers of Washington will often devote personal attention to visitors, offering tastings and discussing their craft.

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 other ' schools ' or styles that emerged around the turn of the 18th to 19th century in the United States, the early Taos Colony artists were not united under a single manifesto or aesthetic modus, but equally lured by the stunning and, as yet, foreign environs.

Unlike most wildflowers of the United States and Canada ( other than orchids and lilies ), spiderworts are monocots and not dicots.

Unlike bony fish, there is no direct control of the pigment cells by the nervous system, and this results in the colour change taking place more slowly than happens in fish.

Unlike ethanol, methanol is extremely toxic: As little as 10 ml can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve and 30 ml ( one fluid ounce ) is potentially fatal.

Unlike conventional auctions, bids are non-refundable ; if one player bids 65 for psyche and another wins with a bid of 66, then the character with 66 is " superior " to the character with 65 even though there is only one bid difference.

Unlike pure metals, most alloys do not have a single melting point, but a melting range in which the material is a mixture of solid and liquid phases.

Unlike beta decay, alpha decay is governed by the interplay between the nuclear force and the electromagnetic force.

Unlike gingerbread (), which is sweetened with honey, Printen are sweetened with sugar.

Unlike the other Ainu clans currently living in Russia, there is considerable doubt whether the Nakamura clan of Kamchatka should be identified as Northern Kurils Ainu, Southern Kurils Ainu or as Kamchatka Ainu.

Unlike his translation of the Pastoral Care, Alfred here deals very freely with his original and though the late Dr. G. Schepss showed that many of the additions to the text are to be traced not to Alfred himself, but to the glosses and commentaries which he used, still there is much in the work which is solely Alfred's and highly characteristic of his style.

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 individual groups, the GSO is not self-supporting and maintains a small salaried staff.

Unlike the typical hijackings of land vehicles or ships, skyjacking is not usually committed for robbery or theft.

Unlike McCaffrey's black crystal transceivers, Le Guin's ansibles are not mated pairs: it is possible for an ansible's coordinates to be set to any known location of a receiving ansible.

Unlike Pentecostals, Evangelicals and Fundamentalists generally do not believe that physical healing is within the anointing.

Unlike that, the speed of light is constant and only its direction changes.

Unlike in Hindu and Jain sources, in ancient Buddhist texts ahimsa ( or its Pāli cognate ) is not used as a technical term.

Unlike the IEEE, however, the ACM is solely dedicated to computing.

Unlike a conventional tank water heater, the tank is filled only when there is sunlight.

Unlike the police and security forces, the Army and the People's Militia is organized along Soviet / Chinese models and precepts.

Unlike a sacrifice bunt, which may be scored if a runner advances from any base to any base, a sacrifice fly is only credited if a runner scores on the play.

Unlike in soccer, the convention in rugby is for the home side to accommodate its guests when there is a clash of kit.