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Word: unexpectedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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The failure of the Allies to prevent Finland's fall was one sentimental reason that the Daladier Government fell sympathetically last week (see p. 20). In Great Britain, too, the Finnish post-mortem continued, but with a difference. On the strength of it the Chamberlain Government was described as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Explanations re Finland | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

The Peroymen gave the stellar Cadet sabre team an unexpected battle, losing 5 to 4. Wynne Alberts, in the most thrilling bout of the afternoon, gained a decisive win over Army's brilliant Captain Rorick, while Ben Johnson, switched from foil to sabre, also did a superior job.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Give Cadet Champs Stiff Fight, Falling 14 to 13 | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

Capturing its first Quad League championship since 1535, the Bulldog delivered to the Crimson a tragic, touch not unexpected, climbs to a disappointing season in which Captain Coleman's aggregation entered every major encounter as underdog and still played a consistently hard game.

Author: By Peter Dammann, | Title: Yale's Six Sets Back Crimson With Third Period Surge, 5-1 | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

With the scratching of the ace middle distance man, the unexpected Harvard bid for a high place in the scoring of the meet went with the wind. Jim contributed substantially to the overwhelming defeat the Mikkola brood handed a strong Cornell and a weak Yale and Dartmouth team in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIX TRACKMEN TRAVEL TO IC4A IN NEW YORK | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

From title to final fade-out there is nothing new, nothing unexpected in this satisfying grade-B picture. But at least nothing is left out. First there is the stock shot of the Manharian sky-line. Then the murder, the sirens and the police-radio, the scene in the D...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/2/1940 | See Source »

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