The presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich took a potshot at an unusual target in the most recent Republican debate.

While the price - Sallie Mae has a market value of $16.7 billion - would be well in the range of other recent buyouts, the company is still an unusual target for private equity.

With cold calculation and meticulous planning, including reconnaissance, the bombers chose an unusual target, one that was certain to sow fear far beyond Bali, said a Western security analyst in Jakarta.

The attack occurred at the entrance to a supermarket in the blue-collar neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel in southeastern Jerusalem, far from the tourist and social centers of the city, and so an unusual target.

In some ways, Mr. Stern is an unusual target.

On the evening of November 23, 1953, Air Defense Command Ground Intercept radar operators at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan identified an unusual target near the Soo Locks.

As competitive pressures increase, researchers have been monitoring some unusual targets to detect changing social trends.