Word: unexpectedness
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Greatness is a compliment generally conferred in retrospect. We have lucked out several times in our history when implausible characters showed unexpected greatness when it was needed: a country lawyer from Illinois, a spoiled patrician in a wheelchair, to name two obvious examples. Even more miraculous (though troublesome for democracy...
Don't Expect a Divine Bank Deposit Rabbi Nevins cautions, "When I ask God for help, I'm not asking for an extra miracle, for a great hand to drop a wad of cash on my mortgage." Such supernatural interventions may occur, he says, "but I just don't know...
“Overall the conditions were very rough,” Himler said. ”It was unexpected and really light and choppy on the water.” Himler led the Crimson, placing fifth with a total of 89 points.
At the same moment Iceland, a NATO member and until very recently a prosperous Western nation, seemed ready to bite the dust in the global financial crisis, a cavalry rode to the rescue, just as it does in the movies. Except the cavalry in this case came from an unexpected...
Austrians were shocked to wake to the news Saturday. Even political opponents remarked on the huge impact Haider has had on recent Austrian history. Only last month, he had helped Austria's far right mount an unexpected comeback in national elections. The party he led, the Alliance for the Future...