The fact of the matter is that the sorry catalogue of mismanagement, shortfalls and fiddles is probably unrivalled by any other local authority.
It is a building of exquisite beauty with an unrivalled history in the development of medical sciences in our country.
All this is unfurled with great narrative skill, based on an unrivalled knowledge of archive sources as well as of the works which appeared in and after 1988.
Not only because of his pioneering achievements as a cardiovascular pathologist, but also because of his unrivalled didactic skills, his unselfish attitude, and his warm personality.
It has a breadth of coverage that, to my knowledge, is unrivalled, and has a lengthy bibliography that points to follow-up material on every area that the book surveys.
However, it was the only place that offered regular meetings for international statisticians and therefore the natural point of reference for a young discipline, endowed with unrivalled authority.
His unrivalled knowledge of official, ethnographic and missionary sources enabled him to chart the way tradition was manipulated and invented from day to day as the crisis unfolded.
As a reference for all aspects of this research the book is unrivalled and likely to remain so for some considerable time.
