One of them, George Osborne, has taken the extraordinary step, during the most difficult economic climate anyone can remember and when the country can least afford it, of helping those who least need it.
I'm also developing a new one-woman show with Kazuko Hohki, the Frank Chicken; talking to Marcello Magni about the next step for the most extraordinary piece of mask performance I've ever seen, Arlecchino e Zanni (currently in development at BAC); and looking for co-producers for an adult Christmas musical by Phil Wilmott.
At a broader level, the Nets are the most extraordinary example of an entire team stepping up, making the mental transition from being a fragile, beaten self of seasons past to playing as an energetic championship-contending team.
After one of the most extraordinary routs in modern military history, the peshmerga stepped in to fill the vacuum in much of north-western Iraq.
That Merkel is actively supporting Sarkozy's re-election bid — an extraordinary step — won't help Europe's most important bilateral relationship if Hollande wins.
SWIFT is a "global utility", says one, and using it for sanctions should be "an extraordinary step, to be used in only the most extraordinary situations".
I am more than happy to roll up my sleeves and step in, because Horace and Pete, speaking plainly, is the most extraordinary series I've seen so far this year.
The N.B.A. took the extraordinary step Monday of buying the New Orleans Hornets, one of the league's most financially troubled franchises, after a deal for the sale of the club fell apart.
Mr. Paulson, in a series of news show appearances, defended the Federal Reserve's extraordinary step Friday to provide emergency financing to one of Wall Street's most venerable firms, Bear Stearns.
"In one extraordinary step, the trustees have propelled the collection forward in a way that would take most museums decades," said Marla Prather, the Whitney's curator of postwar art.
