He was surprised himself when, in 1983, Begin suddenly left political life and he became prime minister.

ECONOMIST: Yitzhak Shamir

For people whose hearts sometimes suddenly begin racing, having one of these things in your chest is like having an ambulance crew a few inches away.

FORBES: Bad medicine

They say with President Bush well into his second term and facing strong opposition on Iraq there's little incentive for Iraq's insurgents to suddenly begin cooperating with either the American-backed government in Baghdad or the Sunni neighbors.

NPR: Rice, Syrian Official Discuss Porous Iraq Border

Witnesses said the family moved slowly to begin with, but suddenly stopped in the middle of the road and apparently without noticing, stepped out in front of the three motorbikes.

BBC: Lily-Mae Jeffries' Weymouth crash death ruled accident

But Modernist passages in the history of taste can end as suddenly as they begin not least when judgments that genius is sitting on the doorstep depend as heavily on fashion as on artistic fundamentals.

ECONOMIST: Art auctions

But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart.

NEWYORKER: The Repatriates

Aryeh Zelnik suddenly recalled the advice of his daughter, Hila, to give up on his wife and begin a new life.

NEWYORKER: Heirs