At the same time, however, the authorities have come under unusually sharp criticism in other parts of the news media.

The edge to his voice was unusually sharp for a Thurien.

She is an unusually sharp observer of her scene.

The ceremony in October was the culmination of an unusually sharp debate.

No doubt its implication of moral equivalence was unusually sharp.

But his focus was an unusually sharp attack on Mr. Bush.

The early September figures showed an unusually sharp drop for two reasons, analysts said.

The 8 percent drop in so few months is unusually sharp, the Labor Department said.

The 911 tapes were heard by the commission's staff only after an unusually sharp public disagreement between the city and the federal investigators.

This Tuesday's 3.3 billion bushel estimate from the department was an unusually sharp increase so late in the season.