Word: unexpectedness
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HANOVER, N.H.—Harvard and Dartmouth are headed in opposite directions after the first game of the Ivy League season, and the largest reason why is Big Green guard Leon Pattman.In Dartmouth’s stunning 80-73 come-from-behind, overtime victory over Harvard Saturday night, Pattman...
The Potter series was launched with high hopes. But some films are out-of-nowhere hits. Says Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer: "You take a movie based on a theme-park ride about pirates, and you had not very high expectations. After we had such an unexpected hit with the first...
Asked what happens if the surge fails, he added, "If the situation collapses for some other reason--loss of will in the U.S., say, or an unexpected Iraqi political meltdown, then the reduced violence will permit a more orderly withdrawal, if that becomes necessary, mitigating the effect of defeat on...
Over the last five months, Mogadishu had enjoyed its first respite from 15 years of clan war, after the Islamic Courts Union - an alliance of clerics and sympathetic warlords - drove the last four independent warlords out of the capital. The Courts won few fans for their attempts to ban music...
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...