Three months ago an unprecedented petition by reserve soldiers was published in the Israeli press.
But they have been growing in the last few years as support for independence surged: two years ago, an unprecedented 1.5 million-strong march ignited a political process towards an independence referendum that continues to this day.
The idea behind it, first discussed decades ago, was unprecedented — a monumental gate with two arms, resting on either side of the canal, each arm as tall and twice as heavy as the Eiffel Tower.
A month ago, an unprecedented coalition of all the City's major traders – encompassing banks, hedge funds, stockbrokers and derivatives dealers – warned in an open letter to Osborne of the dire consequences of an EU-wide transaction tax that they feared a new treaty could bring.
Yet the movie itself is hardly free of exploitative tricks, and what seemed, a decade ago, like an unprecedented exposure of our viewing habits now verges on a gruelling condescension.
"Four months ago, in an unprecedented show of solidarity, the heads of all the world's major opera houses urged Arts Council England get behind John Berry, calling him 'one of the most creative forces in opera, consistently producing important new work'.
And just a few weeks ago, in an unprecedented appearance, Lelyveld spoke to the newly formed National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association at New York's Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center.
One year ago, in an unprecedented display of partnership around these diseases, the global health community -- donor and NTD-endemic country governments, non-governmental organizations, pharmaceutical companies, global health organizations and others -- united to end NTDs as a threat to the world's poorest people.
Recounting an incident that occurred on the set of "Autumn Sonata," in which she looked on wide-eyed as Ingrid Bergman challenged "the genius Bergman" (as Ullmann calls him) on his view of her character, Ullmann sounds as though she still relishes that long-ago moment of unprecedented impertinence.
After all, a few months ago he took the unprecedented step of subpoenaing the hospital records of women who have had late-term abortions.
