The roots of all this go back a long way, and to unexpected places.

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They really go in opposite directions and very unexpected places.

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They sprout, grow and bloom in unexpected places, around glittering new skyscrapers, in subway tunnels and in parks.

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So often at TED the most helpful talks come from unexpected people and places.

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It gets diffused and creates opportunity in unexpected places.

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Shine a spotlight on someone in unexpected yet relevant times and places.

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Guests can also scan to shop with in-store QR codes, use the interactive gift finder at Target.com, on tablets and mobile devices, and shop Target in a few unexpected places, like high-traffic bus shelters.

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Readers, or more precisely, potential readers, were challenged to find individual pages from the book which had been incorporated into some unexpected real world places, like hamburger wrappers and on billboards.

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Other than rising oil prices, the reason for this shift is that new and controversial technologies such as fracking and horizontal drilling have multiplied the amount of viable deposits in unexpected places.

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Levitt, charismatic and funny, excelled by using common sense to find unexpected results in ordinary places.

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The tectonic stresses shift and, as happened Christchurch, NZ, new or previously unknown faults produce temblors in unexpected places.

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