2) The France squad's extraordinary decision to refuse to train.
He said: "This is an absolutely extraordinary decision that really does beggar belief.
It must have been a very lonely time for those who made that extraordinary decision to live in Germany.
"It is an extraordinary decision that could encourage other judges to seek similarly extreme solutions," he said.
For those who had given up hope of ever seeing Mr Chirac held to account, this is an extraordinary decision.
It is an extraordinary decision, and one that will inspire precious little hope among the already exasperated fans.
When the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra faced a budget crunch in the summer of 2001, its members made an extraordinary decision.
It was she, a refugee from Liberia, who had made the extraordinary decision to send Augustus back to Africa.
At least three of them, confronting suicide bombers, have made the extraordinary decision to wrap their arms around their killers to absorb the blast.
Mr. Fishman's office appealed to have the judge replaced for the current trial, and an appeals court, in what it called an "extraordinary" decision, agreed.
Mr Hain criticised the Electoral Commission's "extraordinary" decision to refer his case to the police, claiming that MPs had now lost faith in the watchdog.
