Afterward, I called her back and asked whether it was much of a surprise and at what point she knew why we were calling.
The biggest surprise was the eight-point drop in consumer sentiment last Tuesday.
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To my surprise Dunga made this very point in the press conference.
My mention of mineral resource vulnerability may surprise some but I should point out the heavy dependency of rare earth minerals in technology such as mobile devices and consumer electronics, and the limited supply we have.
At this point, the biggest surprise for the industry would be a week without bad news.
Algeria, who contested last year's World Cup finals, lie bottom of Group D with just one point, trailing both surprise leaders Central African Republic and Morocco by three points.
It's no surprise that the Louisville women were a 24-point underdog to Baylor in Las Vegas casinos, according to gambling expert R.
For many who rely on Google's traffic, that disconnect comes as a surprise: In the past, a three-point drop in pagerank would signal a massive loss of pageviews from Google.
So his recent play, namely his three-point shooting, has been a pleasant surprise for Knicks fans and it probably would be worthy of even more buzz if not for the intergalactic megastardom of one Jeremy Lin.
World Bank president James Wolfensohn said he would want to take any request to provide technical assistance to Iraq to his board before agreeing to such a step - a point of view which seemed to both surprise and dismay Mr Snow.
The key point is that even a mild rebound should surprise markets, which remain overwhelmingly bearish.
Do your products and services simply meet a need and a price point, or do they create moments of surprise and delight?
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee cut the Bank rate by half a percentage point to 4.5% in a surprise move last Wednesday.
"Since he was appointed, Justin Welby has made a point of being self deprecating, showing great surprise that he was chosen at all, " says our correspondent.
So it is no surprise that the public sector is Brazil's weakest point in the World Economic Forum's latest Global Competitiveness Report, released on September 7th.
So it should be no surprise that the Microsoft private cloud will be a core focus point for the show.
He had to save a break point in his opening service game and it came as little surprise when he was broken at 1-2, completing a disastrous game with a double fault.
At times in our conversations, when I would criticize the decisions of record labels or phone carriers, he'd surprise me by forcefully disagreeing, explaining how the world looked from their point of view, how hard their jobs were in a time of digital disruption, and how they would come around.
The blend of youth and experience, the confidence gained from victories over New Zealand and France, the motivation of Tony Smith to succeed against the country of his birth, the surprise packages in Rob Purdham and Ben Westwood - Morley is quick to point out many reasons why this time it is not just talk.
Some analysts say the standoff shouldn't have come as a surprise given the region's historical ties, and that it might also point to the dangers of other, perhaps larger flash points elsewhere in the region.
And despite the upside surprise for the April data, the 165, 000 jobs are woefully beneath the point at which the economy needs to reach to hasten the recovery.
At that point, the monarch is emerging as a triumphal figure, not even three years into his surprise reign on the abdication of his older brother, Edward VIII.
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