Word: unbeknownst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NIGHTS A WEEK until May 5, hundreds of curious Bostonians will be lured from the familiarity of Tremont St. into the Shubert Theater Once inside, they will find themselves in the midst of an exceptionally designed illusion, a feline fantasy where a superior society of cats flourishes unbeknownst to the men who cater to them. While the illusion sometimes sags under the excessive weight of extravagant special effects, the fairy tale remains resiliently intact, and the satisfied audience returns to reality only after a delightfully entertaining tour of the magical, mystical, mythical world of Cats...
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to media, Bok, Watt, the corporation and the Faculty Council meet in secret session. While welcoming a group of dignitaries to the Yard, Bok is heard to murmur, "And you think you're just sightseeing. Well, ignorance is bliss...
...share of misery also, as Harvey Popell '54 can attest. "It's the kind of thing I can look back on now and chuckle, but it wasn't a laughing matter then," he says, of an infamous 1952 incident. "We were getting beaten very badly, and the Yale coach, unbeknownst to us, put the manager of the team in on an extra point. He caught the pass and scored an extra point," says Popell. "Nobody, not even the announcer knew who this guy was in the number 99 jersey. It was written up in Time magazine and the whole thing...
Prince Charles, 34, on the countless rooms in Buckingham Palace: "I haven't counted them. There are some we haven't been in, but quite a few people might have been living in them for several years unbeknownst...
Just as the buzzer sounded to end period one. Harvard's Alan Litchfield slammed Bruin forward Ron Milardo into the boards. Litchfield headed for his own bench and the locker room-followed, unbeknownst to him by Milardo...