Word: unexpectedness
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Indeed, observations often take theorists by surprise. Last fall a focus on one tiny region of the universe by the Hubble, the Spitzer space telescope (which operates in infrared wavelengths) and the European Space Organization's ground-based Very Large Telescope in Chile revealed the existence of a galaxy dating...
The closing of air traffic on 9/11 found the 42nd President of the United States literally on the other side of the world, stranded in Australia until his successor sent a government plane to retrieve him. For the first time in a decade, Clinton was a mere spectator to a...
Summer School Dean of Students Christopher S. Queen sent an e-mail to proctors just after 9 p.m. today announcing that the dining hall would be closed for the next three days, following its unexpected closure for dinner this evening.
Although the Israelis had departed Aitta Shaab, they are still present on Lebanese soil, mainly in apparently isolated patches of high ground no more than three or four miles from the border. The road leading from the north into Bint Jbeil, the largest Shi'ite town in the border district...
Founded in 2001, the group has repeatedly applied for a permit, which is not required by law. Ebadi says the center received assurances from authorities that it could continue to operate. But it has irritated the government with attention-grabbing aid to victims of abuse, including Iran's most prominent...