But that is hardly surprising, given that so many were until recently Mexican peasants.
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It is true that the bill was held up for over a year by inaction in the Senate, but that is not surprising given the difficulty the Senate has moving controversial legislation on any subject.
But is it really that surprising that 3D is more popular in China than in America?
Now, we all know that voluntary polls like this are not too scientific, but it is surprising that this number went down given the same potential audience of respondents, especially since a number of sponsor firms, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for one, have expanded their efforts in this area.
As many as five billion people watched the 2010-2011 season but it is the prize money that is even more surprising.
But this is the barbecue belt so that is not surprising.
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That is not surprising in itself, but it means that the virus must have become endogenous fairly recently, otherwise it would not look so similar to its free-living counterpart.
But more surprising is that fans chose to steal music they could legally download for any price they choose.
But it is hardly surprising that bosses are unwilling to prejudice their companies' chance of wielding influence in Washington.
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But another, more surprising factor is that a lot of civil servants - in Whitehall departments, but also places like the NHS - have continued to receive the "annual increments" they're entitled to, for building up experience.
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In a prepared statement, Kindler said that the news is "both surprising and disappointing, " but that Pfizer's focus was on the best interests of patients, so it is ceasing development of the drug.
But what's surprising is that there are hundreds of thousands of job vacancies.
This is a bit surprising, but it is worth bearing in mind that productivity has increased dramatically as firms have shrunk their employment sharply.
"Given the many factors that together made life more difficult for the industry in 2012, it might not be surprising, but it is still disappointing that the income figures have fallen back from last year's highest-ever position, " said Mr Lochhead.
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One thing we like around here is commentary that is rock solid but also contrarian and surprising.
But then perhaps it is not surprising that Florida, who extols the virtue of tolerance, is more the live-and-let-live kind of guy.
"It is disappointing but it is not surprising to see that health professionals have the same ingrained prejudice against obese people as the general public, " he told BBC News Online.
But not surprising, given that Oxygen is the home to such fare as My Shopping Addiction, The Bad Girls Club, and every possible incarnation of Tori Spelling and her husband.
But the truth is that weather extremes are no longer surprising.
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But the degree of cocooning portrayed in that article is surprising.
That may not be surprising, but the model also shows that the length of a slip road is decisive in determining what happens to traffic.
That, given the evidence from smokers, and the way that nicotine works, is encouraging, but not surprising.
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The news is not surprising - it is already well established that bacteria can be transmitted this way - but the focus on MRSA bacteria has prompted calls for further work to establish how significant this could be in the fight against hospital infections.
But what makes these developments truly surprising is the fact that birds are historically rather low on the food chain, at least when it comes to animal-based mascots playing basketball in March.
But in the midst of that wiretapping bonanza, a more surprising figure is the number of cases in which law enforcement encountered encryption as a barrier: one.
"It is surprising for us but he told us after reaching Pakistan that he wanted to rest his legs and skip the camp and the tournament, " Nazar said.
"It is very disappointing, but perhaps not surprising given the fact that Nelson McCausland in the past along with his colleagues in the DUP has been fiercely opposed to any housing development on the Girdwood site, " he said.
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