This is what has given it its unusual status and drawn criticism from religious groups in Houston.

He had clearly achieved an unusual status in the household by this stage.

Because of its unusual status, it can also operate largely outside public view.

In Virginia, with the unusual status of independent cities, a locality can be a city or a county, but cannot be both).

If this heat wave extends much into next week, "it will start to achieve some unusual status."

His unusual status, these people say, has made the news media more, not less, cautious.

In Virginia, with the unusual status of independent cities to further confuse some, a locality can be one or the other, but not both.

Pavón came to its unusual status a decade ago, after government officials set up a committee of inmates to help control the prison.

Their unusual status had made for some architectural and organiza- tional problems at the Agency.

The main issue in the case revolves around the unusual legal status of the Guantánamo base.