Word: unexpectedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Salt 'N' Pepa knows that four years is the pop-cultural equivalent of a geologic Age, particularly in the fickle hip-hop world. Then again, Very Necessary, with its two top-five singles in "Shoop" and "Whatta Man", was itself an unexpected success after the group's three-year absence...
After this unexpected victory, Hancock became enthused with the sport.
Flight sims and air-combat games like LucasArts' new Shadows of the Empire: Battle for Hoth, shown above, use force feedback to the fullest. Gamers can feel the resistance as planes pull out of dives, the recoil from missile and machine-gun fire and, for those less fortunate, the shattering...
One positive result of the operation was that it helped preserve a threatened species. But because elephants in the wild live in tight-knit groups, the relocation was also a major experiment in social engineering--and like so many such experiments, it has had unexpected consequences. Since 1978, almost 1...
Such a dramatic loss was unexpected. In a 3-1 win over No. 14 Maryland this past weekend, it seemed that Harvard had finally conquered the scoring woes that had plagued the team earlier in the season.