Word: unbeknownst
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...Unbeknownst to Emery, Palmer had been contacted recently by Princeton’s public relations department. Anticipating a decision from West in the near future, the university began to prepare a press release in case West should choose to go to Princeton. And part of the process involved collecting quotations from Princeton faculty members regarding West and his work...
...disease’s symptoms—they just had no clue what caused patients’ T-cells to wither and their bodies to become susceptible for opportunistic diseases. Homosexuals were the first to experience the leukemia-like symptoms: large lymph nodes, fatigue and weight loss. Then hemophiliacs, unbeknownst to health practitioners at the time, were also succumbing to the virus, infected by the blood transfusions intended to keep them alive...
...first heist, I headed over to Tower Records. Unbeknownst to me, they were in the midst of their annual “stock-up sale” and I was surrounded by reasonably priced selections. Then I realized that the prices were so low, I was practically stealing from Tower merely by taking advantage of this monumental sales event. After paying the cashier, I walked out with 20 new CDs and some hard evidence for my study. Stealing was pretty easy, perhaps a little too easy. At this point, it looked like thieves should go to jail...
President Bush’s budget attempts to do more than simply spend greater sums on low-income Americans. It endeavors to provide them—and all Americans—with better services. This budget takes the unprecedented step of linking program performance to spending levels. Unbeknownst to most Americans, billions are wasted each year on programs that fail to achieve their stated goals. Until now, no serious attempts have been made to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on programs that deliver maximum benefits to the American people. This year’s budget begins this long-overdue...
...half past deadline, I wasn’t surprised by the delay. Much like the demise of Radcliffe College, which in Oct. 1999 finally equalized undergraduate women in the eyes of Harvard’s administration, the book arrived a little too late and without fanfare, passing unbeknownst to most students on campus, including some of the book’s own contributors...