Word: unexpectedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
New Year's Eve got off to an unexpected bang in the Thai capital, Bangkok, when a series of bombs detonated across town, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, including several foreign tourists. The explosions-no one so far has claimed responsibility-capped off a turbulent year for...
For some, the outage illustrates the robustness of Asia's telecommunications infrastructure, since the quake did not cause a total blackout. Some traffic was quickly re-routed away from damaged Asian arteries through Europe and the Middle East. But for many, the unexpected return to the pre-Google era was...
"We need a strategy before we send troops," says one retired senior officer. A comprehensive plan, he adds, would include "a reasonable and frank assessment of the enemy and friendly forces, an identifiable and reasonable objective/end state, appropriate tasks for the various departments and agencies to achieve the objective, a...
The black tie affair came to an unexpected climax as former Murdoch journo, Stephen Mayne, concluded announcing the winner of the “Best Business Report.” Mayne, lately the founder of the popular political (read: rumor-filled) website, “Crikey!,” was...
After questioning Lindsay’s latest recovery attempt, mocking Nicole Richie’s DUI, and “doodling” white dots of cocaine and semen across countless celebrity faces, Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. aka “Perez Hilton” has found his place in...