One Offs

Don't debase it further by immunizing the strength of solid women entering the political arena around the world with mama-grizzly one-offs. ❋ Shannon Galpin (2010)

Some deals, like buying a car, are usually one-offs that push you toward competition. ❋ Don Hutson (2010)

True, if beer volumes in Australia continue to fall— so far the result of poor weather and other one-offs—Foster's shares could suffer. ❋ Renée Schultes (2011)

It's these female one-offs who make it clear that the glass ceiling is permeable. ❋ Kira Cochrane (2010)

You also get one-offs like Genghis Cohn from 1993 (with Daniel Craig), Unexplained Laughter (Rigg as a sad journalist) and Little Eyolf. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

Jay-Z typically bargains for a degree of creative control and long-term partnerships rather than one-offs: his deal with Reebok, when he became the first non-athlete to have a sneaker line with the company, lasted about four years. ❋ John Jurgensen (2010)

Fred: You get a better picture of the photographer's sensibility if you have multiple examples of their work instead of just one-offs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Other characters were one-offs, like Hamlet the Huckster. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our Special Events section offers unusual, unexpected and unique film event one-offs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The 75 images made by five pioneers of camera-less photography are often deeply personal one-offs: testament to the possibilities of photographic paper, light and chemical processes. ❋ Robert Clark (2010)

The treasured McQueen pieces in her closet, all one-offs and hand-finished, are all from those early days. ❋ Kimberly Chou (2011)

"I have a range my clients can choose from, and I make brothers and sisters, but mostly they're one-offs," she says. ❋ Helen Kirwan-Taylor (2011)

Certain one-offs like revenue from the auction of telecom bandwidth and divestments will ensure that the deficit comes in around 5.2 % - below the budget estimate of 5.5%. ❋ Amit Tandon (2011)

Another drawback to such tests is that they tend to be one-offs, conducted in different places and with different methods. ❋ Carl Bialik (2011)