Word: surprisingness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In his summation to the jury of "the rather bizarre and surprising case," the presiding judge described the evidence against Thorpe as "almost entirely circumstantial." He made the point that the prosecution's case relied on the testimony of witnesses whose characters were less than trustworthy. Scott, who now...
This surprising moral treatise concerns a historical episode little known in the West in which the Japanese, having learned to make and use firearms, thereupon set those skills aside for 200 years. Portuguese sailors brought the first matchlocks to Japan in 1543, and within a few years the Japanese were...
Brock may have slowed down to a respectable 3.9 sec. from home to first -compared with the blur of 3.1 sec. in his early days-but he is still beating out so many hits that last week he was batting .368 and leading the league. Brock's explosive start...
Following Hanoi's conquest of South Viet Nam in 1975, the country's Communist leaders repeatedly emphasized their determination to stay clear of great-power entanglements and to preserve their hard-sought independence. They have not succeeded. With surprising swiftness, Viet Nam has in the past three months...
Under the circumstances, it is not surprising that Hanoi is seeking some new international friends and potential benefactors. One notable target of opportunity is the U.S. Last month Minister of State Nguyen Co Thach told a visiting delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong that he would...