Word: unexpectedness
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In an expedition more important for its symbolism than its science, Yang's flag-waving exercise sent an unexpected message to Planet Earth: not only had China joined the U.S. and Russia in the exclusive club of spacefaring nations, it wanted to celebrate the achievement with the whole world. For...
Is India's nationalist government finally losing patience with its Hindu extremist allies? Last Friday, Hindu hardliners staging a protest in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya found themselves under fire from an unexpected quarter: state and federal police wielding wooden lathes and batons and firing rubber bullets and tear...
But the event—which attracted such organizations as the FBI and the CIA—sparked an unexpected discussion on the BMF e-mail list about the relationships between these institutions and minorities.
Devil does have some unexpected highlights. Thanks to the absence of a band, “An’ Another Thing” showcases Matthews’ emotive, eerie falsetto better than anything he’s done before. “Grey Blue Eyes” is elegant and...
Amazingly enough, that so-called dominant group began its first ever season together in the most uncharacteristic and unexpected of ways: with a loss.