To the attorney general's credit, his office added specific allegations--the internal e-mails showing Merrill's Henry Blodget and others off their guard--to the vague sense out there that the game was rigged generally, and especially during the frenzy of the Internet era.
Porto caught United off guard with their flying start and might have had the entire tie wrapped up if they had taken their chances and not gifted Wayne Rooney an equaliser.
Strangers saving strangers, neighbors pulling neighbors out of fast-flooding houses, policemen jumping off their patrol boats and SUVs, the Coast Guard rescuing people off of roofs and cars, buildings and cellars.
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As in the other case, these people were taken off their vessel and eventually transferred to the Coast Guard cutter Key Biscayne.
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Many of Saddam's fedayeen fighters and officials of his Baath Party, as well as Republican Guard members who have taken off their uniforms, are thought still to be armed and at large on the city's streets.
Many American workers were caught off-guard in January, when they saw their annual take-home pay shrink by hundreds of dollars due to a broad-based increase in payroll taxes.
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But it seems Ansar Dine and MUJAO were operating on their own strategic timetable, catching many off guard -- including civilians who were forced to flee the fighting.
Before the kick-off a guard of honour gave fans a chance to show their appreciation of Sir Bobby, who shook the hand of every player.
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island imposed travel bans until 4 p.m. to keep cars off the road and let plows do their work, and the National Guard helped clear highways in Connecticut, where more than 240 auto accidents were reported.
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island imposed travel bans until 4 p.m. to keep cars off the road and let plows do their work, and the National Guard helped clear highways in Connecticut, where more than 240 car accidents were reported.
By contrast, consumers' "readiness to manage their personal finances and banking via a mobile device has caught the industry off guard, " said Robert Hedges, managing director at AlixPartners LLP, a Boston-based consulting firm.
The increasing acceptance of e-cigarettes caught big tobacco companies off guard initially but they are slowly recognising that they cannot ignore the changing tastes of their consumers.
Even if households and businesses are caught off guard by the policy, output rises and unemployment falls only temporarily, until households and businesses adjust their expectations to the new reality.
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