"I'm doing an unusual thing", Mr Mitchell said at the launch of the Commission last week.

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Full trashcans were not an unusual thing at an engineering firm, and blank paper didn't mean much.

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It was an unusual thing for a Japanese firm to do, but Nikko called in an American partner to save it.

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One thing's for sure: If a person has an unusual name and then becomes internationally famous, there's a good chance that his name will live on for centuries.

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Giving players the ability to try before you buy is always a good thing, but in this case especially, because the game has such an unusual flavor, it could provide vital information.

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On the concrete floor of the porch, just outside the front door, Vasquez and Fogg noticed another unusual thing: brown stains, which, they reported, were consistent with the presence of an accelerant.

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