Christian Holst fired low past Maik Taylor for the Faroes to give the minnows a surprise lead on the hour.

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You give the audience a moment of shock and surprise.

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Lead administrator Andrew Andronikou is not obliged to divulge details of the CVA on Thursday (as he is only asking for permission to prepare one) but it would be a surprise if he does not give an indication of the pay-out.

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Three days later, back in Bonn, a surprise call from Washington demanded that they should give it their support more or less within the hour.

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This is not a surprise to many medical folks who have had to give rabies prophylaxis after bat exposures.

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While his decision was no surprise, whether the American electorate will decide to give him a renewed mandate next year seems an open question.

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Surprise them all together by not sending an email and give them a phone call.

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The fact that so much small-batch spirit is made at a few large distilleries should come as no surprise, given how many independent outfits had to give up their stills during Prohibition and subsequent calamities.

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It seems like Apple could fix this in one of two ways: (1) have iTunes users give account-access permission to a gift-giver in advance (even though it would then ruin the surprise of a gift) or (2) do it Amazon-style, as noted by McAfee.

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Beyond the possibility of ECB liquidity, the summit could also surprise by addressing necessary, long-term measures toward fiscal integration which are a precondition to give peripheral bond markets and growth a chance to stabilize.

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