Word: surprisee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The visit was a surprise to Tito, and from the way he and his comrades acted, an embarrassing surprise. On his visit to the Soviet Union last June, Tito casually invited Khrushchev to repay the visit at some future, unspecified date. Far sooner than Tito & Co. expected, Khrushchev suddenly accepted...
To the surprise of most everyone except those of consequence, Eliot firmly announced that he would do nothing.
Across the country, readers repeatedly expressed surprise at the scope and accuracy of TIME'S reports on remote regions of Canada. White's explanation was simple enough: much of TIME'S local news from Canada is reported by top Canadian newsmen, who are often managing editors and...
The friend noted that Yale was "attended by more men of better family," but recommended Brown because it was smaller and because of its fine staff. So the lonely son of the richest man in the world packed his bags and went to Providence. There he worked hard at sociology...
But now. like each of Marquand's heroes. Helen Howe's heroine discovers (surprise!) that success is not enough. Her husband comes home from the war dreaming of a Japanese mistress. Her daughter turns from Maggie to a tweedy aunt and the earthy delights of raising sheep dogs...