Unlike most computer software, Infocom titles were distributed under a no-returns policy, which allowed them to make money from a single game for a longer period of time.

Unlike defendants who are found guilty of a crime, they are not institutionalized for a fixed period, but rather held in the institution until they are determined not to be a threat.

Unlike most other rock ' n roll acts of the period, Jan and Dean did not give music their full-time attention.

Unlike most citrus species, the oval kumquat has a shorter growth period, and goes into dormancy fairly earlier in autumn.

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 an ordinary statute of limitations, which begins running upon accrual of the claim, the period contained in a statute of repose begins when a specific event occurs, regardless of whether a cause of action has accrued or whether any injury has resulted.

Unlike the pre-civil war period when most services and the industrial sector were government-run, there has been substantial, albeit unmeasured, private investment in commercial activities ; this has been largely financed by the Somali diaspora, and includes trade and marketing, money transfer services, transportation, communications, fishery equipment, airlines, telecommunications, education, health, construction and hotels.

Unlike Sima Qian's list of Shang Dynasty kings, which is closely matched by oracle bones from late in that period, records of Xia rulers have not yet been found in archeological excavations.

Unlike its many coalition partners, Britain remained at war throughout the period of the Napoleonic Wars.

# The Civil-War Period from 1940-1949: Unlike the Mature period, this period was intellectually barren.

Unlike his first period in England ( 1843 ), Engels was now under police surveillance.

Unlike most monasteries, they do not have retreatants and those who visit for a prolonged period are people who are contemplating entering the monastery.

Unlike the insane computer, however, the anger stage of rampancy is essentially the catharsis an AI feels, after an extended period of " slavery ".

Unlike Old English, which tended largely to adopt Late West Saxon scribal conventions in the period immediately before the Norman conquest of England, written Middle English displays a wide variety of scribal ( and presumably dialectal ) forms.

Unlike other forms of conventional financed mortgage insurance, the UFMIP on an FHA loan is prorated over a three year period, meaning should the homeowner refinance or sell during the first three years of the loan, they are entitled to a partial refund of the UFMIP paid at loan inception.

Unlike most places with a similar climate classification, Sebring's rainfall is clearly seasonal, with approximately 57 percent of the total rainfall occurring in the June – September summer period.

Unlike the earlier northern Idaho mining areas of Florence ( northeast of Riggins ) and Pierce, the Boise Basin mines provided good returns over a period of many years, the peak years being 1863-66, during and immediately after the Civil War.

Unlike his predecessors, Rothko would, in his later period, develop his philosophy of the tragic ideal into the realm of pure abstraction.

Unlike most other historiographical works of the period, it places much more emphasis on the description of characters than on details of political and military events.

Unlike in Wales the indigenous Irish lords do not appear to have constructed their own castles in any significant number during the period.

Unlike some programs that advance the age of a newborn over a short period of time, I Love Lucy allowed the Little Ricky character to grow up in real time.

Unlike the equivalent U. S. facility, the White House Situation Room, it is only staffed during each period of use.

Unlike most BASIC implementations of this period, Turbo Basic was a full compiler which generated native code for MS-DOS.

Unlike many anime titles, viewers weren ’ t expected to have knowledge of Asian culture — character names, signs, and the like were primarily in English to begin with — or have seen any other anime series prior.

Unlike prior versions, Windows for Workgroups 3. 11 ran in 386 enhanced mode only, and needs at least an 80386SX processor.

Unlike other common energy storage in prior use such as wood or coal, electricity must be used as it is being generated, or converted immediately into another form of energy such as potential, kinetic or chemical.

Unlike his prior films ( or any that would follow ), The Straight Story was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures after a successful debut at Cannes, was given a G rating by the MPAA and is the only Lynch film for which Lynch himself did not have a hand in the screenplay ( although it was co-written by his recurring associate, Mary Sweeney ).

Unlike the original variety native to Northern France, Louisiana andouille has evolved to be made mainly of pork butt, not tripe, and tends to be spicy with a flavor far too strong for the mustard sauce that traditionally accompanies French andouille: prior to casing, the meat is heavily spiced with cayenne and black pepper.

Unlike canvas work, crewel embroidery requires the use of an embroidery hoop or frame on which the material is stretched taut and secured prior to stitching.

Unlike prior versions of the API, Direct3D 10 no longer uses " capability bits " ( or " caps ") to indicate which features are supported on a given graphics device.

Unlike affinity chromatography techniques, a solvent head at the top of the column can drastically diminish resolution as the sample diffuses prior to loading, broadening the downstream elution.

Unlike prior state court rulings that had overturned racial zoning ordinances on takings clause grounds due to those ordinances ' failures to grandfather land owned prior to enactment, the Court in Buchanan ruled that the motive for the Louisville ordinance, race, was an insufficient purpose to make the prohibition constitutional.

Unlike other significant characters, he has no magical knack, but, prior to meeting Alvin, he was made invincible by means of a tattoo given to him at birth ( similar to Achilles ).

Unlike zombies, which are often depicted as mindless, part of a hivemind and / or under the control of some magician, a lich retains independent thought and is usually at least as intelligent as it was prior to its transformation.

Unlike prior Macintosh models, which were all compact Macintosh designs, the Macintosh II models were " modular " systems which did not include built-in monitors and were expandable.

Unlike most annual awards, the distinction did not take into account players ' performances in the prior year, but their contributions on a career-basis.

Unlike prior reporting periods, the government did not engage in severe abuses of religious freedom.

Unlike prior reporting periods, some of Khartoum's English-language newspapers featured lengthy articles on Christian themes.

Unlike on the computer adaptive test prior to August 2011, the examinee is free to skip back and forth within sections.

Unlike Stipe Mesić few months prior, Marović's Sarajevo hosts, members of Bosnia's 3-man rotating Presidency weren't moved to reciprocate with any kind of an apology.

Unlike other government ministers who are appointed by the President of Ireland on the advice of the Taoiseach, with the prior nomination of Dáil Éireann, Ministers of State are appointed by the cabinet, on nomination of the Taoiseach.

Unlike prior and following deaths in the franchise, the death of Remmick is shown in detail with gore / splatter effects, as parts of his body explode due to phaser fire or get ripped apart while the parasite breaks out of his torso, similar to the Alien movies.

Unlike prior models, these Fujitsu systems are not compatible with IBM's and cannot run z / OS, but the announcement has customers wondering if Fujitsu will take the next step in re-entering the ( now growing ) market.

Unlike in prior years, no award was given for Worst New Star.

Unlike the San Joaquin Valley, which in its pre-irrigation state was a vegetation-hostile desert, the somewhat less arid Sacramento Valley had significant tracts of forest prior to the arrival of settlers of European ancestry.

Unlike prior dockings, no flyaround of the station by the orbiter was conducted, but orbiter was stopped three times while backing away to collect data from a European sensor device designed to assist future rendezvous of a proposed European Space Agency resupply vehicle with the International Space Station.