Word: unexpectedness
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The drive to explore is part of what makes us human, and exploration of the past has led to unexpected glories. Dreams must be tempered by realism, however. For the moment, going to Mars is hopelessly unrealistic.
“Kerry’s unexpected victory has totally turned things around,” said Rebecca E. Rubins ’05. “It showed more than anything that everything is totally variable.”
ANIMAL URGES: Nonhuman sex is performed in unexpected ways 84
Eight years ago, after she had a hysterectomy at age 42, Roslyn Washington was left with an unexpected side effect. Her doctors, who had recommended removing her ovaries as well as her uterus because of fibroid tumors and an ovarian cyst, had warned her about a lengthy recovery period. But...
But satisfaction can come in unexpected ways. As Peggy Brick, co-author of New Expectations, a frank handbook for sex counselors for seniors from SIECUS (the Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States), points out, "What's appropriate sexual behavior for a 21-year-old is not appropriate...