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Word: unexpectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite the fact that the football team has lost five games in a row, an unexpected rush of seniors jammed the HAA offices yesterday and completely bought out three sections for the Princeton game.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Rush Ticket Offices For Princeton | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

Attributing this unexpected situation to the premist that a potential spectator usually waits until the last minute before buying tickets to see a losing team, Johnston predicted that the last minute sales at the gate will be higher than usual.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Demand for Dartmouth Tickets Year's Lightest | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

Robert Ryan's appearance in a film (Crossfire, The Set-Up] has almost come to mean a low-budget picture with a future. He gives this movie some unexpected authenticity because he is capable of crossing black & white traits in a role without showing his hand. The standard rackets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Pictures | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Leader of the fight for a flexible price-support system for two years, Aiken had succeeded in wooing the Senate to his side, but ran into unexpected opposition from the House, which stubbornly held out for a fixed-parity support. Aiken's plan would allow a flexible parity range from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Parity Puzzle | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

This move resulted from a discussion with executives of the Student Council yesterday. Council members told Bingham that they had received complaints from undergraduates who did not understand the unexpected rise in ticket price and then the seat allocation system as it worked for the Army game.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bingham to Explain New Ticket System | 10/7/1949 | See Source »

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