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So we see straight lines deliberately shown as curves; points placed off kilter; and here at the show, an unusual example in a discussion of floating bodies (the subject that led to the story of Archimedes leaping out of the bath in the ecstasy of insight and running naked outside shouting "Eureka!").

An unusual example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is plated with antimony to imitate silver, which was very rare in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 c. 2160 bc).

While the mechanistic details of this reaction await further interrogation, this is an unusual example of a reaction in which an oxaziridine oxidant participates in a reaction by transferring a moiety other than oxygen or nitrogen.

As well as providing a molecular explanation for how certain fungi manage to evade the immune response in plants, the work of Sánchez-Vallet et al. offers an unusual example of convergent evolution, in which two evolutionarily distant organisms have evolved the ability to recognize the same molecule through structurally diverse proteins.

In an unusual example, the Chilean military regime (1973 90) was voted out of office in a 1988 plebiscite scheduled in its 1980 constitution, and that was followed by a 1989 election that restored civilian rule.

"This building is a very unusual example in Rome where a woman reshaped urban space and built such a monumental palace — and you just can't beat the views," Ms. Leone said.

In an unusual example of diligent diplomatic preparation, he struck a deal on post-conflict Iraq at the United Nations Security Council with the three main refuseniks—France, Germany and Russia.

So in an unusual example of the burst of philanthropy now going on among Internet-era executives, Mr. Carr, the former chairman of Prodigy Inc., last year issued a "challenge grant" to the people of Idaho to raise money for a human rights memorial that might represent a step toward counteracting the image.

Just as the miners of the play never stray from their roots, even as one of them is enticed by an arts patron to leave the pits, the actors are themselves an unusual example of loyalty and collaboration in the theater.

The House passed the short-term resolution on September 29 , 2011by unanimous consent in an unusual example of passing legislation during a pro forma session.

In the larger corporate world, Mr. Gilmour will stand out as an unusual example of an openly gay executive in the top ranks of one of the five largest American companies.