Pending sales of existing homes rose 0.4% in July, going against expectations of a decline.
Many voters took heed, helping Mr Kohl's centre-right coalition, against expectations, to a narrow victory.
In Georgia, meanwhile, the Republicans, against expectations, defeated the Democratic senator standing for re-election.
Bacarella, though, says investors need to look further than how profit and sales results match up against expectations.
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The economic-expectations index fell to minus-16.9 in June from 10.8 in May, against expectations for a reading of 2.8.
Britain's antiquated registers could yet determine the outcome of the election if, against expectations, it turns out to be close.
Wales took the Grand Slam last year, their second in four seasons, against expectations in Gatland's first year in charge.
For the moment he is warning against expectations being raised too high.
If so, she might pip Alain Lipietz , a former Maoist who has just, against expectations, been chosen to head the Greens' bid.
Against expectations, parliament also secured measures to make banks disclose more data about their net income, public subsidies and taxes, broken down country-by-country.
Fourth-quarter U.S. gross domestic product was revised up to 3.0% from a previous estimate of 2.8%, and against expectations for a figure of 2.7%.
In electricity, competition was forced on the industry, against expectations, because ministers and regulators set a deadline by which the market had to be opened up.
Incredibly, against all expectations, it is a local coach, Sunday Marimo, who has broken new ground.
But amid all the hype, experts are warning against inflated expectations that could end in heartbreaking agony.
The result was a huge rural turnout that unseated the incumbent Democratic senator and governor against all expectations.
Scientists subject the temperature deviations to a range of statistical analyses, which can then be matched against theoretical expectations.
It generated earnings of 24 cents a share over the quarter, against market expectations of 31 cents a share.
Against all expectations--and possibly common sense--the DeLorean is back in limited production, and with it has come a boomlet in DeLoreaniana.
However, it is still worth looking at how the teams have faired so far against the expectations associated with their early season fixtures.
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The Chancellor was able to confound the opposition last month, unveiling new borrowing forecasts which showed the deficit falling this year - against all expectations.
There is persuasive evidence that several other European countries collaborated with the CIA. And, against all expectations, Barack Obama has yet to ban extraordinary rendition.
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Even after the economy's spectacular rebound in the first quarter of this year, he warned against exaggerated expectations for growth over the year as a whole.
Against all expectations, Qualcomm did not lower European unit guidance.
If the centre-right government coalition, against most expectations, wins a majority again in the general election next month, then Mr Kohl will soldier on in the top job.
Whereas Robert Lucas (Nobel Prize 1995) provided the theoretical foundations of rational expectations theory, Thomas Sargent tested rational expectations against real-world data.
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Set against these dire expectations, the court has not done too badly.
But assessed against more modest expectations we say two cheers: the JOBS Act has meaningfully improved and reduced the cost of the IPO process.
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Set against more realistic expectations, the budget was only mildly disappointing.
At least when set against retailers' low expectations, that is something to celebrate.
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