The Cold War competition to explore space produced a few other surprises, not all of them pleasant. |
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I didn't know, but I knew that there would be plenty more surprises about angelology waiting to be found. |
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The treasure hunt was spread over a 65-km. route with several surprises and games on the way. |
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It's an old-fashioned cinematic treat, and certainly one of the greatest surprises of the year. |
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What surprises me is that Telecom isn't out there competing in this marketspace rather than simply resting on its laurels. |
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He won't maul intruders, but he won't leave surprises on the carpet either. |
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She surprises me by buying skirts, dresses, nylons, pantyhose, and high heels for us. |
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Not all surprises are pleasant or harmonious, of course, but this one has a harmonious air. |
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Solid sound and smooth production are no surprises coming from a batch of accomplished musicians who leave nothing to chance. |
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No great surprises here either, but grounds for rational hope at the voting booth. |
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Any new parent knows that one of the big surprises of having a baby is how difficult bath time can be. |
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We believe our customers want the security of a bank which is here for the long term, which plays fair and has no nasty surprises up its sleeve. |
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My neat, tidy organised life is structured to avoid self-inflicted nasty surprises. |
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Every one of the 13 songs boasts a winning tune and there are subtle surprises everywhere, such as the kora on the glorious Adje Dad. |
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The beginning is hanseled, we shall wait for the further surprises and victories. |
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Now I'm familiar with three handsets in the Walkman family, and there are no big surprises here. |
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The green blur of the commuter train as it speeds in the night draws a streak of light like a zoetrope, one of the many visual surprises. |
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No real surprises here but it begs the question of why such obvious flaws were never caught in advance. |
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From dense post-modern electronica to hardcore techno, Planet Mu constantly surprises. |
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Romantic comedy is a genre mainly comprised of sappy, syrupy fare with few risks and fewer surprises. |
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Having played four times already this season, there were few surprises in store for either team. |
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We'll just have to see what kind of surprises life has in store for me the next couple of months. |
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Other surprises in the building are the series of exhibition trucks which are mounted on castors. |
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Football wouldn't be the addictive game it is if it didn't throw up one or two surprises. |
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What surprises people is that the central tabulator is just a PC, like what you and I use. |
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There are probably no surprises here for practitioners or readers conversant with recent research on child development. |
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Viola was a small, sinewy, speedy hurricane, spewing surprises with every contraction. |
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Among its surprises are a 96-yard par 3 and a series of back-nine holes in a strip mine of vertical limestone walls, outcroppings and fossils. |
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Because all the landmines and nasty surprises are going off in the backyards of those people who have chosen a life of unloveliness, we are told. |
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Unpleasant regulatory surprises have a way of sneaking in the back door when the voting public is otherwise engaged. |
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I know no poet who, even in quite slapdash poems, can provide more pleasant and provocative surprises. |
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The stages are very varied, with slow and quick portions and no particular surprises to catch you out, and that's a good thing. |
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It's a veritable grab bag of surprises as nothing's really been nailed down yet. |
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There are some surprises, including a nude scene in the first episode for newlyweds Kel and Kath. |
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Quite unlike a beef pelau, where visuals help trigger palatability, an egg roll could conceivably conceal some rather unpleasant surprises. |
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Right now, we're going to talk about the surprises, both positive and negative, and the sure things. |
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The political environment in Louisiana is always full of surprises but is seldom surprising. |
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Surprise in war is achieved by doing the unexpected and the avoidance of unpleasant surprises is what military intelligence is all about. |
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Schulhoff's concerto is full of surprises, but it emerges as a cohesive musical statement. |
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The modern political convention is a tightly scripted event with no surprises. |
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The competitive broomball season came to an exciting conclusion this week with a playoff that was full of surprises. |
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The trip here was full of surprises, like the fact that Jon got incredibly seasick almost the minute we left. |
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As fish swim by, the angelshark bursts up and surprises the prey, catching it in its trap-like jaws. |
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There are no surprises and the maniacally manipulative musical score often gets downright grating. |
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These were all admirably designed as coigns of vantage to meet and check surprises, bursting from a passion-tossed mob. |
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Surely one could expect no surprises from a substance so common and so familiar. |
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The 40-piece ensemble promises an evening of pomp and circumstance featuring popular classics and surprises. |
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This sophisticated stand-up comedy confronts and surprises audiences by shattering myths about deafness and cross-cultural love. |
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Sources anticipate a very competitive bidding war with no surprises understood to have emerged in the due diligence procedure or site visits. |
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This is the third year of the festive event and is set to be the best ever with a whole range of surprises in store for visitors. |
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There are some lovely surprises in store and the last half hour or so of the film is particularly spesh. |
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I'm dying to tell you exactly how he did it, but I don't want to spoil any surprises. |
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The force of Jem's sudden exclamation surprises even him, and he laughs after an embarrassed pause. |
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However, if negative surprises act as negative shocks, expansive monetary policy is likely to lead to inflation. |
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There were no surprises in the team, but it was good to see my fellow downhiller Roger in there. |
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For starters, the hip hop scene at UW is on the downswing, which surprises me. |
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The God of Small Things surprises us with her actions and in this sense she is certainly a round character. |
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Although the repertoire may have few surprises, the fact that the gigs are taking place at all is remarkable. |
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It is easy to forget when you live here, but London is a wonderful city and full of nice surprises even for those of us who see it every day. |
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It's the latest shocker in a romance that was full of surprises right from the start. |
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This state visit to Britain is already full of surprises, and it's just barely started. |
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According to specialists, the championships provided no unexpected surprises. |
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Back in the hurly-burly of the main part of old Georgetown, I discovered surprises round every corner. |
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It surprises me that some readers find it 'insidery' and therefore feel alienated. |
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There are some surprises here, too, like a pith helmet and assorted pairs of chiefs' sandals, all covered in fine gold leaf. |
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Take a look around your stretch of coastline, you could get some very pleasant surprises. |
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The plot is not especially complex, but there are some intricate twists and a few surprises. |
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Without that insight, a supplier can encounter fewer surprises by evaluating even seemingly irrational scenarios. |
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Suffice it to say that the smallest details foreshadow these surprises, in heartbreaking and heart-lifting ways. |
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Analysts are not expecting any surprises in the hotel group's results following its pre-closed period trading statement in April. |
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This surprises me for I've always thought of him as an exacting craftsman and, therefore, leery of artistic pretensions. |
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Every season brings in different surprises but the most disgusting to the garage is that which carries with it rain, mud, slush and grime. |
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Where is the fun of slithering into layers of lacy surprises for your partner if he already sees the make, colour and size of your smalls? |
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This was the first real shock I had encountered in all my frights and surprises of the past day and a half. |
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However, the steady, stable nature of the industry means shareholders receive few untoward profit surprises. |
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One of the delightful surprises is the ceiling of the toddler room on the second floor. |
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Even when it appears there's nothing more you could possibly deposit into a handkerchief, your body surprises you once again. |
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In a World Cup of spills and surprises, however, presumptuousness does not pay. |
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Some new brands arriving in the city for the first time really bring some surprises for women. |
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Along the tour, the brattier guests keep discovering some nasty surprises, and one by one, the tour group thins out. |
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There were no surprises at the Willows on Saturday when Addie Mitchell won the open match with a ton-up haul. |
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It surprises me, specifically, that consumers might be swayed enough by the price of loo paper to choose one supermarket chain over another. |
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Just as the wily CIA chief constantly springs surprises on his willing student, so the film keeps pulling the rug from under the viewer. |
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So it is not all a lost cause although, given its length, the season may yet harbour a number of very unpleasant surprises. |
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Recent number releases have tended to be upside surprises that were positive for stocks and negative for bonds. |
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The mind of your average 15-year-old boy is a place that amazes, confuses, confounds and surprises. |
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Stalls are typical and predictable with power on or off and sufficient warning buffet to prevent surprises. |
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Thus, there were very few surprises for her or for the chairman during the meeting. |
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One of the surprises of the Gulf War studies is that the organism was also capable of causing visceral disease. |
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He told a Times journalist that he intended to improve living standards for the poor, and that the bourgeoisie had some nasty surprises in store. |
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From the names this author gives his characters, to the situations he creates for them, every page was cram-full of insights and surprises. |
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When he translates, he does so in a free and racy style which at first surprises and then pleases. |
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He argues that these surprises often result from our rather crude understanding of the nature and function of genes. |
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While it all seems a little cryptic and confused, the duo promise a night of bizarre and sweet surprises where everyone is welcome. |
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Friday night was one of those pleasant surprises the Internet throws my way from time to time. |
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Pack little surprises from time to time like stickers, a novelty pen or a joke. |
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No curve balls or surprises from the Fed, boosting rates for the fourth time this year. |
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The plot flows swiftly, it has a few curveballs along the way to keep you guessing, and there are plenty out-of-left field surprises. |
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The Santa Maria Bazaar and Grand Raffle await you with tasty foods, games, prizes and many surprises. |
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Still, The Missouri Breaks is a rich, leisurely treat, with huge surprises. |
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In other words, it's the mixture as before, with few surprises but lots of laughs. |
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However, the doctor warns that her heart is still very weak and any sudden shocks or surprises could kill her. |
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However all is not quite as it seems, and the audience is taken on a journey of twists and turns, with laughs and a few surprises along the way. |
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Technology still has many surprises for us down the road, particularly in the wireless area. |
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When dismantled it provided some surprises in the form of unfired paint and etched plates around the wings of the angel. |
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This woman was all curves and surprises, and I immediately began imagining the secrets that lush body probably cradled. |
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So, although the outcome of this war is not in doubt, we may have to take some unpleasant surprises in our stride. |
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As my father always used to say, the early bird catches the worm and surprises the IRS spies. |
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What surprises me is how often they appear beside a straight piece of road. |
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In this cycle there will be many unexpected surprises for the native or the nation. |
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Just when it seems like it's going to turn bombastic or become overproduced and yawn-inducing, it surprises. |
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There are few surprises here, but it gives a comprehensive overview of the subject. |
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The only thing that surprises me is that it has taken advertisers so long to cotton on to the possibilities. |
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It truly surprises me that military police are the same no matter where you go. |
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The food is typical Bulgarian fare with the usual emphasis on meat, but with some pleasant surprises for vegetarians. |
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In the final act, the film does deliver a few surprises, but by that point it's far too late. |
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All of the fight scenes follow a predictable course, with little or no surprises. |
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So again like a good politician I shall try to tailor my ideology to make it sound more attuned to a reality that surprises and confounds me. |
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It surprises me that economists do not give more credence to the idea of unintended consequences of geoengineering. |
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We have already had a good ration of shocks or surprises in this year's Championship and you can be certain we'll have some more. |
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Usually it was Al who enjoyed springing outrageous surprises on his more staid partner. |
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It's a very suspenseful and atmospheric score, with lots of depth and surprises. |
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I finally found a videotape of it, watched it again, and couldn't recapture the original feeling, maybe because I knew all the surprises. |
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It surprises and alarms me that Australians are still divided on this matter. |
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Call the airline to reconfirm your flights on the day of departure to prevent any surprises at the airport. |
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But for now he is happy to explore the surprises that the house provides as work cautiously begins on stripping away the paint. |
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Barring any last-minute surprises, the trio should sail smoothly through the process. |
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Football's incredible ability to throw up surprises never ceases to amaze me. |
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He is not predictable, he seldom repeats himself, but he constantly surprises. |
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One of the great surprises about Saturn so far is the fact that the measured internal planetary field is very axially symmetric. |
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The disciplines in the race include hiking, running, kloofing, tubing, cycling, swimming and a few surprises. |
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Despite pinching from everything from silent movies to CSI, the ring scenes get old fast, mostly because they hold no surprises. |
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From the opening match in which Senegal beat reigning champions France, the World Cup rained surprises upon excited fans. |
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They could be in for nasty surprises because of direct exposure or the miscalculation of the quantities that they have reinsured, he said. |
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Each school will be treated to an hour of magic, illusion and entertainment with lots of jokes, surprises and audience participation. |
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The result is like a hand-cranked magical music box that surprises and delights. |
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One of the big surprises of the global economy is Japan's remarkable turnaround. |
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There are no big surprises on this record, no sudden forays into electronica or hip hop, no eclectic trawls through different styles and genres. |
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Although there were a couple of surprises I was still underwhelmed. |
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Sunday was a nice lazy day, full of odd surprises and a few belly laughs. |
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An uneasy and unhappy electorate has spoken in June, and we should expect more surprises between now and November. |
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The movement, despite an easygoing first theme, has its share of surprises, notably some startling modulations into keys somewhere around the planet Pluto. |
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I would arrange for a screening of the film for all concerned parents and administrators to ensure that there are no surprises when it is used in class. |
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Unfortunately the plot of the film tends at times to be almost giveaway, there is little suspense and few surprises except in the effects and action. |
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An animated Snow White, an ultrafashionable leather-clad Evil Queen, and the Seven Dwarfs' diamond mine turned into a late-night disco are just a few of the many surprises. |
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To keep problems and surprises to a minimum, the wanderlust team obsessively prepares. |
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The extras return to the formula and do not have any delightful surprises. |
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These surprises, when coupled with the highly stylized action sequences, made for an entertaining romp through the stunning panoramic shots of Mexico. |
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The symmetry is pleasing, at the end of a narrative that is bracing, adventurous, touched by surprises, perfectly balanced and completely engrossing. |
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This language surprises at the conclusion of such an admirably clear and decisive book, a model text book in the most laudative sense of the term. |
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Lady eventually does engage in a street fight, and loses, which surprises and horrifies Mariame and the gang. |
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Dawn came with some nasty surprises of massive thunderous cracks. |
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And what surprises me is the extremity of the view he now expresses. |
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Dusty Springfield, the darling of British blue-eyed soul, performs her greatest hits and a few surprises to an adoring crowd in this 1979 concert. |
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The more familiar you are with your materials, and the larger you make your test patches, the fewer the surprises you'll find when plastering the walls for real. |
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Much of the blame for Enron's collapse has focused on the partnerships, but the seeds of its destruction were planted well before the October surprises. |
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His cello and piano Sonata is full of endless quips and surprises. |
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The players are capable of springing a few surprises and maybe beating one of the bigger teams. |
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The mind boggles at the richness of invention in these strips, the constant surprises Herriman proves himself capable of pulling from some unfathomable bag of tricks. |
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But then surprises always await bibliophiles at a book fair. |
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They are full of raw Taiwanese humor and literary surprises. |
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In addition to blasting gunk and feathers and other surprises out of firearms, gunsmiths routinely uncover hunters' hasty mistakes during major gun surgery. |
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The first attempt to deflect an asteroid should not be when it counts for real, because there are no doubt many surprises in store as we learn how to manipulate asteroids. |
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Your foulness no longer surprises you, but you have realized its power when you encounter clean soldiers and you both recoil. |
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It always surprises you to hear the Arabic pronunciation of words that have entered American parlance. |
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But Bright wasn't done with the surprises, letting slip that today's boardercross is the event she's trained harder for at these Games than any other. |
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This kind of testing should continue right up to deployment, so that there are no surprises when the application is rolled out onto the production network. |
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With the exception of the dotcom boom, all of the trust fund surprises have been in the wrong direction. |
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Although Kelly was unwilling to name players who might come into the reckoning, it seems certain that there will be new faces and some surprises when the invitations go out. |
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As prison dramas go, it does have a few surprises up its sleeve. |
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This is a problem for the law, which does not like surprises and certainly proceeds by analogising new situations to old ones in order to build continuity. |
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Packing a few surprises for bored and tired children can help. |
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All of them meander through multiple surprises to satisfying and unexpected endings. |
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Whereas Brian specialises in little gifts, Beth's forte is surprises. |
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He's my soulmate, my best friend and nothing surprises me about him. |
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And even if you don't want to switch, make sure that you at least arrange an overdraft in advance so you can avoid any nasty surprises in the New Year. |
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The closing night of the show was unexpected and full of surprises. |
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The illustrations are another treat and bear many surprises. |
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Life has a habit of springing surprises on you, pleasant and unpleasant. |
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Latham is at his best when he springs surprises on the Government. |
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Unexpected events or surprises trigger two kinds of reflection. |
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We won't reveal any more of the crazy, madcap story line suffice to say that in the best tradition of musicals they all live happily ever after, with a few surprises. |
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Every year brings new adventures, experiences and surprises. |
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Mrs. d' Urberville instructs Tess to whistle to the bullfinches that Mrs. d' Urberville treats as pets and Alec surprises Tess as she's practicing her whistling in the garden. |
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A great many surprises are lurking between now and November. |
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Given the surprises that the corporate world continues to throw up, it's no shock to discover professional fund managers continue to underperform the stock market average. |
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They return the next night after Jule realises she has left her mobile somewhere in the house, but Hardenberg surprises them and catches them in the act. |
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What other surprises happened today, other than your get-up? |
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There were two major surprises in the games played this weekend. |
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These latter-day Phileas Foggs, by contrast, want no surprises. |
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The trio surprises a bit, with traces of a pawky Prokofieff sardonicism. |
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Cooperatives will need the ability to handle surprises, because the economy and world events will remain volatile and unpredictable for a long time to come. |
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A great many surprises must open out in real life as in great fiction, or we descend into the rigidity of myth. |
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It surprises exactly no one in Hollywood that as a child, Ari was diagnosed as hyperactive and dyslexic. |
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Before Panamanians vote on a referendum, the PCA wants the public to be fully aware of what expansion entails, with no room for surprises. |
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He surprises Frank and Nora in bed, leading to a struggle and the Captain's subsequent murder by lamp. |
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Another group declares that lignification is just like protein building, a process that's predictable and leaves few surprises. |
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Woven throughout their extensive azalea collection, visitors discover native plant surprises such as Crossvine and Lenten Roses. |
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Modern civil litigation is based upon the idea that the parties should not be subject to surprises at trial. |
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But it's suburban soccer mom Alison who continues to provide some of the show's biggest surprises. |
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These rules include the subsequent deferral election rules, which could bring unpleasant surprises for employers and employees. |
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In Exodus we undergo the first of a multitude of shocking surprises, issuing from the great surpriser, the primal shocker. |
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However, traditional formulations of unmet expectations implicitly treat only undermet expectations or unpleasant surprises. |
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The occasional but essential clear-outs of my compact and bijou office invariably produce surprises, most of them pleasant. |
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Feel your scalp tingle as my voice gently surprises you from behind. |
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There are some surprises, like Extra Slice host Jo Brand, who is revealed to have what Gaz calls 'dulcet tones' when she opens her cakehole. |
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We have been promised a number of tear-jerking surprises and dramatic family reunions as Holly and guests help make some dreams come true. |
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The sonatina is written very much in the style of a classical-era sonatina, with no surprises. |
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North Korea loves to spring surprises. More unusual is for its US foe to play along. |
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And whether you think of those little cans as intellectual puzzles or reliquaries or scams, there are surprises inside. |
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The menu pokes fun of itself and is full of surprises that create grins, giggles and great exchanges between customers and waitpersons. |
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If you want some springtime surprises, it's your last chance to underplant them with bulbs such as tulips and hyacinths. |
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While this surprises American sensibilities, there is fittingness to it in the case of the Rev. |
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A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive. |
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Above us we can see flocks of arkars, which gaze down upon us. Our presence surprises but does not apparently alarm them. |
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And the handling of color is full of surprises, particularly in those works that more nearly approach monochromy. |
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Sometimes we find some surprises, and sometimes we're pleas antly surprised when we don't find any. |
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There are few surprises and the eulogising is laid on too thick but, for casual fans, it'll do. |
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She is not rewarded until she learns to reduce her expectations, and surprises are the educational tool. |
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Despite being populated by Randroids and sci-fi geeks, 4chan's literature board is another that continually surprises with clever content. |
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This reviewer's favorite tale was Leprechaun or Can't, a morality fable and leprechaun travelogue that has little surprises sprinkled throughout. |
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With its linear structure, nostalgic glow and distinct lack of surprises, Secretariat seems to have wandered into cinemas after leaving its TV movie hitching post. |
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The rest of the series is also full of surprises, with unlucky cat burglars, odd siblings living in a refrigerated gothic mansion, and a bloodsoaked actor's dressing room. |
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An accordion plays like a portative organ continuo, hocket-ing wind instruments evoke period vocalisations, and contrasts of effect bring continual surprises. |
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Jack 3D C Winter Edition is a platform game in which players have to immerse themselves in the world full of surprises and adventures where Jack has to find the hidden gifts. |
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Harmonically rich, full of surprises, unexpected drama and contrast. |
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Throughout the game you can enlist the aid of heroes from races old and new, including the barbarian Norn, the magical Asura and even a few surprises. |
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Numerous surprises are in store for Kathryn Dance in bestseller Deaver's stellar fourth novel featuring the California Bureau of investigation kinesics expert. |
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To cause audiences to reexperience the emotions evoked by the films would take glittering sets, dramatic lighting, breathtaking choreography and a few surprises. |
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Hello there, and welcome to my website of a thousand surprises. |
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Indeed, one of the great surprises of my editorial work has been to discover how few of the over fifty manuscripts that I collated actually follow the vulgate in key readings. |
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A Surprise for Giraffe and Elephant tells of Elephant, who has a lot to say about surprises that include alpine horn serenades and surprise parties. |
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Astronomers, using a new type of telescope made by stitching together telephoto lenses, recently discovered seven celestial surprises while probing a nearby spiral galaxy. |
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It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did. |
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Professional mappers and surveyors are turning to satellite technology to size up some of the world's largest peaks and are finding some tall surprises. |
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By promising to undo past surprises, thus ensuring that the price level returns to its expected path, PLT should lead to less uncertainty about long-run price levels. |
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