Word: unbeknownst
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...Unbeknownst to many of the freshmen eating dinner this past Sunday in nearby Annenberg, Sanders Theater housed a benefit show hosted by Harvard’s Sangeet. The show, an attempt to increase awareness of South Asian music and art, featured Pandit Jasraj, a legend of North Indian Hindustani classical music. Jasraj performed before a captivated crowd, singing in Hindi and displaying his incredible vocal range. The show began with a standing ovation from the expectant audience who, despite the near half-hour delay, were still enthusiastic. He then sought the audience’s prayers for a successful performance...
...unbeknownst to the teens and their families, there was a hidden witness to the race. A palm-size microcomputer, embedded in the Corvette's air-bag system, revealed that the car was traveling 139 m.p.h. The data, downloaded by police after the vehicle was impounded, convinced a grand jury to indict the youths on murder charges, based on "depraved indifference to human life." In the end, they pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault, and are now serving a three-year prison term. "The minute the prosecutors had the speed from the 'black box,' they upped the charges to murder," says...
...East Coast?’” Averell recounted. “‘You wouldn’t be here unless you got eliminated!’ The more and more I denied it, the more she thought I was eliminated.” Unbeknownst to his mother Betty, Averell had successfully completed 13 episodes worth of international travel challenges alongside his teammate and best friend, Tyler Macniven. In reward for their victory on the hit reality TV series, both men have received $500,000. Averell, known in his time at Harvard for wild improvisational comedy shows...
...Unbeknownst to Brown, Myers kept in contact with Walsh, a former Cape League coach...
...while fans down in Torino prepared to celebrate a surprise Italian gold in speedskating. Even official confirmation that Russian biathlon silver medalist Olga Pyleva had tested positive for banned substances seemed, by past Olympic standards, like a small patch of bad ice. But by late afternoon on Feb. 16 - unbeknownst to the athletes, the trainers and the worldwide TV audience - major trouble was brewing in Torino. A hurried closed-door meeting was under way at the local command center of the Carabinieri, Italy's paramilitary police, that would lead to the one big black mark of the 20th Winter Games...