No matter how that election turned out, no one expected it to magically fix the economic problems that plague us.

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In other words, the DRS has done something no one expected: It has revitalized spin bowling.

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What is surprising is that it is blooming in a way that no one foresaw back in the 1990s, when it was expected that the U.S. and developed countries would lead the way.

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It was something no-one expected to happen to our friend.

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Fun as it had been, no one had expected the party to last.

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However, no one expected downstream to carry the quarter for Exxon but it does speak to just how strong its upstream performance actually turned out to be.

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In reality no one expected that Spain would reach its target, but it reduces the pressure to make more radical cuts at a time the economy is in recession.

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It was a standing ovation no one expected, least of all 26-year-old Maggie Doyne, trembling with nervousness as she addressed the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy in June.

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