Word: unexpectedness
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"Cheney's the sort of guy who thinks in terms of black and white," former Senator Bob Kerrey, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, said. "But now he's used a weapon the way a soldier often does, with unexpected results that come in shades of gray. Maybe now he'll...
I picked up this little Barbie-pink book at an airport while stuck with an unexpected three-hour delay and faced with only bestsellers from which to choose. It was an ironic choice for me, a self-professed literary snob who generally snubs any item of “chick...
Following SigEp's lead, other national fraternities have rolled out similar programs, from Sigma Alpha Epsilon's True Gentleman to Beta Theta Pi's Men of Principle. According to some members, there's an unexpected bonus from all these reforms: women seem to like them. "They can go to 21...
Hayes uses such exercises to make the point that our thoughts can have unexpected consequences. Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life illustrates that unreliability by quoting a 1998 Psychological Science study in which 84 subjects were asked to hold a pendulum steady. Some were told not only to...
Fox Searchlight Pictures Directed by Ol Parker 3 stars I’m always hesitant to trust movies that take their titles from the lyrics of popular songs. Mediocre romantic comedies especially have notoriously abused this trend with less-than thrilling results (“Sweet Home Alabama�...