Sentence examples for odd institution from inspiring English sources

"It is such a strange and odd institution.

WesCorp, for example, was a particularly odd institution, a credit union for other credit unions that had been extremely gung-ho about housing.

While he views the change as inevitable, he longs for a miracle, asking plaintively: "If there is a less dystopian future, one that revives the soul of this odd institution, who is to advance it -- and if not now, then when?" KAREN W. ARENSON.

The ruling opens windows on two odd institutions.

In Gaza this week Hamas closed down 40-odd institutions close to Fatah.Renewed efforts had recently been made, mainly under Egyptian mediation, to rebuild a Palestinian unity government.

It might be reasonable for producers to assume that, after 14 years and 11-odd hours of this odd cultural institution, we're actually invested in Vin Diesel's speed-freak troupe at a human level; I'm not sure I am, though the multicultural evolution of its ensemble has been heartening to witness.

Yet there is some sense to the location of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, if only because this odd little institution is as unlikely as its surroundings.

If the value of a design archive is its ability to convey to a future generation an appreciation for the past -- its design history, social commentary and labors of love -- then it is perhaps odd that no institution has pursued the archives of Robert A. M. Stern, the architect who so acutely represents the nostalgic yearnings of certain well-to-do Americans.

On the ground level, it's mostly bars, cafés, cultural institutions, odd little boutiques, and restaurants.

"His objections to research on democracy and democratic institutions seem odd in a world where building democratic institutions in the Middle East and elsewhere has become increasingly important," Silver observes.

"It seems an odd request for an institution that claims to be nonpartisan," he said.