Unlike today's farmers, vassals under feudalism were bound to cultivating their lord's land.

Unlike today's executive branches, they were assigned high-level tasks directly by senatorial decree under the authority of the SPQR.

Unlike today's meaning of subscription, this meant that a fixed number of people had to sign up and pay some amount before the concert could take place or the printing press started.

Unlike many of today's politicians and churchleaders, she refused to accept that the breakdown of the family was inevitable and she invested every effort into standing up for the interests of vulnerable children.

Unlike today's fake and " real " books that have " jazz ' in their titles, the Modern Jazz Fake Book included no standards, but only original tunes written and recorded by jazz musicians.

Unlike today's thick, ice cream like consistency, the original milkshakes were made with sweet cream ( sometimes frozen as " ice cream "), a whole egg, flavored syrup and soda water.

Unlike the two other projects, the resulting entity lived on after the construction project that gave birth to it, and it is the direct ancestor of today's Kaiser Permanente.

Unlike today's cell phone games, which usually have to be purchased, these games came pre-installed and could not be copied or removed.

Unlike today's wrestling games, World Tour features no create-a-wrestler mode, story mode, or ring entrances and has a limited amount of actual WCW wrestlers.

Unlike today's hallucinations, the voices of ancient times were structured by cultural norms to produce a seamlessly functioning society.

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 frequency domain approach, the use of the state space representation is not limited to systems with linear components and zero initial conditions.

Unlike the 1541, which was limited to GCR formatting, the 1571 could do both GCR and MFM disk formats.

Unlike conventional microscopes, where the spatial resolution is limited by the wavelength of the particles which are used for imaging, the FIM is a projection type microscope with atomic resolution and an approximate magnification of a few million times.

Unlike the other new communist states in east-central Europe, Yugoslavia liberated itself from Axis domination with limited direct support from the Red Army.

Unlike certain other jurisdictions ( notably the USA and much of Europe ), UK money laundering offences are not limited to the proceeds of serious crimes, nor are there any monetary limits, nor is there any necessity for there to be a money laundering design or purpose to an action for it to amount to a money laundering offence.

: Unlike its Ming predecessor, which had full control over all military matters, the Qing Board of War had very limited powers.

Unlike older carbon steel barrels, which were limited to around 1, 000 shots before the extreme heat caused accuracy to fade, modern stainless steel barrels for target rifles are much more resistant to wear, allowing many thousands of rounds to be fired before accuracy drops.

Unlike conventional weapons of defense, the Bydo were conceived as limited range weapons with the purpose of destroying every ecological form in their path.

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

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 other dictionaries, WordNet does not include information about etymology, pronunciation and the forms of irregular verbs and contains only limited information about usage.

Unlike function generators, which are limited to a simple set of waveforms ; an AWG allows the user to specify a source waveform in a variety of different ways.

A window that cannot be opened, whose function is limited to allowing light to enter ( Unlike an unfixed window, which can open and close ).

Unlike traditional Western societies of the time, many Caribbean pirate crews of European descent operated as limited democracies.

Unlike the gadgety mechanical desks of the second part of the 18th century, however, the mechanical parts of drawing tables were usually limited to notches, ratchets, and perhaps a few simple gears, or levers or cogs to elevate and incline the working surface.

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 previous two species of Echinococcus, E. vogeli and E. oligarthus are limited to Central and South America.

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

Unlike the English FA Cup, entry is limited.

Unlike the urban areas of Orange County which are situated west of the City, Villa Park has winding streets and it is known for having a rural feel with few sidewalks and limited street lights.

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

Unlike subsequent " all-star " teams, the JSA was limited to heroes not already featured in their own titles because the publisher wanted to expose their lesser known characters.

Unlike the others, this type of power is usually highly specific and limited to the particular area in which the expert is trained and qualified.

Unlike the competition in 1956, 1957 limited one song per country, they were still limited to entering a single song in 1958, which has remained the policy to date.

Unlike other sympathetic ganglia, however, the adrenal medulla lacks distinct synapses and releases its secretions directly into the blood.

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 Playhouse Video releases, It's the Muppets and The Very Best of The Muppet Show did not include any original footage or guest star clips, but all compilation collections did include material cut from the original US broadcasts.

Unlike previous releases, however, a small number of copies were also released to the public through the IDM mailing list.

Unlike other Motown releases in the UK which were released by Tamla-Motown, MoWest retained its US label design and logo for its UK releases as well.

Unlike their previous releases, Gilbert and Pundik also worked on lyrics alongside primary lyricist Steve Klein for the first time.

Unlike typical NiCd cells, which are sealed, vented cells have a vent or low pressure release valve that releases any generated oxygen and hydrogen gases when overcharged or discharged rapidly.

Unlike previous home video releases, which all used the 1992 reissue title print ( The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective ), this DVD restored the original 1986 title card, which had previously not been seen since the original 1986 release.

Unlike the later releases this debut effort features a totally different musical style.

Unlike later releases of Mac OS X, the cat-themed code name was not used in marketing the new operating system.

Unlike the first game, these two releases were titled after the two teams who were in the NBA Finals the previous season, while the original release apparently chose the Lakers and Celtics due to both teams ' historical success.

Unlike the EP, this album received both US and UK releases.

Unlike some early punk bands that evolved towards other styles, GBH have stayed fairly faithful to their original UK82 sound in subsequent releases.

Unlike previous Pixar DVD releases, there is no two-disc special edition, and no plans to release one in the future.

Unlike the two previous releases, the album relies heavily on drum programming by Kirk Johnson and features input from Larry Graham and Doug E. Fresh.

Unlike its DVD releases, which are a mixture of NTSC-standard Region 0 ( region-free ) and Region 1 DVDs, Criterion Collection Blu-ray Discs are Region A locked.

Unlike limited releases made by competitor Rhino Handmade, Hip-O Select has their catalog available for purchase on iTunes.

Unlike CP / CMS, IBM provided support for this version ( though it was still distributed in source code form for several releases ).

Unlike some other earlier figures, which were dropped in successive releases as new characters came along, Man-At-Arms figures were produced prominently throughout the line's run.

Unlike most releases in music today, the international releases from Man's Ruin did not differ from the domestic American releases.

Unlike Femme Fatale, Sebastien had no role in Black Cat No. 13, though Al-P produced many of their releases.