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One of the most striking things about the World Cup compared to the Olympics, is how male it is: the vast majority of fans, media, and obviously players are male, given this, it was surprising how little rowdiness I witnessed ... I found ordinary Russians, particularly women, to be invariably kind and warm ... This welcoming behavior could have been inspired by pride in a national event or perhaps by the balmy weather, but much of it seemed spontaneous and genuine. – Lucy Nicholson	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Popular areas will survive, but it would not be surprising if areas that are not so popular will have a lot of vacant houses and turn into slums. – Yutaka Okada	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It was surprising that adolescents were actually using it for abuse. It's very specific, you have to be in a program to get this. It's carefully managed. It's not widely available. ... It is available on the street, but essentially, the majority of this is from these management programs and someone's in therapy, someone in the house, them or a family member. – Henry Spiller	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We had expected light drinkers to be at a similar combined risk to never drinkers, so the reduced risk in light drinkers was surprising. – Andrew Kunzmann	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I knew how she acted, I could piece together information, but she rarely told me how she really felt about things, and I think that was sort of sad and surprising to me to realize, in a way, how little I knew about the pain my mother was feeling. – Teri Shields	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Some surprising announcements or positions were recently made public about Galileo, considering the cost of the program and the investment that would represent, about 10 billion euros, we find it hard to imagine they could go it alone. – Delphine Geny-Stephann	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The weather is supposed to come in and it's supposed to be iffy. If there's wind associated with it, I don't think the guys will shoot as low, they gave us some new pins that were kind of surprising so we'll see what happens. – Tiger Woods	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The ‘ mainstream ’ press – where many of us once looked for truth and reliable reporting – have become cesspools of elitism and intolerance, and the troubling lack of ideological diversity in newsroom across the country has sown seeds of hatred for years against conservatives – maybe especially against conservative women, it’s culminated in an unhinged assault on President Trump and anyone who dares to support him publicly. I guess it’s not terribly surprising that the liberal groupthink has started to permeate America’s corporations, too. – Trudy Wade	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Doug Baldwin’s Doug Baldwin. Plain and simple, listen, I respect the man because he’s a human being, first and foremost. But he’s just being more divisive, which is not surprising. It is what it is. – Doug Baldwin	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It would not be surprising to see the coverage of the royal wedding – including the choice of engagement ring and wedding band – influence shoppers' behavior. – Alistair Hewitt	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It’s not surprising to me that the people that work for him and presumably support him by working for him would choose to make contributions to his campaign. – Joshua Douglas	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The finding that was most surprising was the proportion, and the severity, of the exposures among the adolescents that were due to intentional exposure. We had three deaths, and all three were in the teenage group. – Gary Smith	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It would not be surprising if names such as Daimler AG or someone on those lines is the next to sign an agreement, it is a low sovereign risk jurisdiction, good partner in terms of SQM behind it, you have a supportive government. It will attract a lot of ex-China players, as well as Chinese players, they are bidding for sure. – Matthew Keane	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's not a surprise that women were most aware of the condom and birth control pills, but the lack of awareness of IUDs and, in particular, implants was definitely surprising, i guess I just assumed that most women have at least heard of these methods, but it seems like they really haven't. – Adele Shartzer	Found on CNN 6 years ago
That was surprising, and just saying ‘this is Hebrew’ is the first step. The next step is how do we decipher it. – Greg Kondrak	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This is a controversy that has spilled over to the nation, with most of it going on right here in Alabama, it’s really surprising to have such a competitive Senate race in a state that is normally heavily Republican. – Larry Powell	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Throughout the investigation, we met a lot of colorful characters, and some things that were said were surprising. The majority were just people who wanted to get their 15 minutes and there was n’t much we [ could have done ] with that information. – Gary Condit	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
While this incident is alarming, it is not surprising, hate crimes and shows of hostility toward minorities have recently been surging. – Bernie Sanders	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It was very surprising, i felt sad when I heard it. – Kelly McBride	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The public definitely has a right to be surprised by this principle, but this is not surprising to anyone in the legal community in Massachusetts, right now the matter is pretty pro forma. – Martin Healy	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It certainly shows a breakdown in communications that is troubling because the president is commander in chief and (Defense) Secretary (James) Mattis apparently, according to press reports — I haven't an official briefing on it yet — told him that this carrier and the destroyers were headed towards North Korea as a show of force when in fact they were headed in the completely opposite direction to Australia, and it's troubling if we don't know where our assets are. It's also so surprising. Every time I have seen that map that shows where our naval assets are, believe me, the Pentagon knows exactly where they are. So I suspect there was some sort of just terrible miscommunication but it should not have occurred. – Susan Collins	Found on CNN 7 years ago
What's been most surprising isn't necessarily that the overall numbers have increased but that the cohort that is most impacted has changed, there's a newfound high-risk group: middle-aged adults; that's adults from about the age of 45 to 59 in the US, who previously had not been thought to be at high risk for mental illness or suicide, and now we're finding that they are. – Judith Weissman	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Serbia is still negotiating with the EU to join the group, but it wouldn’t be surprising if Serbia was trying to keep its options open in terms East and West. – Brian Taylor	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
While it was a, ‘ Oh man ’ there was like a ‘ Yeah, OK, my dad was right about this age when he was diagnosed, ’ so while it was surprising it was n’t shocking. – Mike Golic	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

One of the most striking things about the World Cup compared to the Olympics, is how male it is: the vast majority of fans, media, and obviously players are male, given this, it was surprising how little rowdiness I witnessed ... I found ordinary Russians, particularly women, to be invariably kind and warm ... This welcoming behavior could have been inspired by pride in a national event or perhaps by the balmy weather, but much of it seemed spontaneous and genuine.

– Lucy Nicholson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

– Yutaka Okada

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It was surprising that adolescents were actually using it for abuse. It's very specific, you have to be in a program to get this. It's carefully managed. It's not widely available. ... It is available on the street, but essentially, the majority of this is from these management programs and someone's in therapy, someone in the house, them or a family member.

– Henry Spiller

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We had expected light drinkers to be at a similar combined risk to never drinkers, so the reduced risk in light drinkers was surprising.

– Andrew Kunzmann

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I knew how she acted, I could piece together information, but she rarely told me how she really felt about things, and I think that was sort of sad and surprising to me to realize, in a way, how little I knew about the pain my mother was feeling.

– Teri Shields

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Some surprising announcements or positions were recently made public about Galileo, considering the cost of the program and the investment that would represent, about 10 billion euros, we find it hard to imagine they could go it alone.

– Delphine Geny-Stephann

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The weather is supposed to come in and it's supposed to be iffy. If there's wind associated with it, I don't think the guys will shoot as low, they gave us some new pins that were kind of surprising so we'll see what happens.

– Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The ‘ mainstream ’ press – where many of us once looked for truth and reliable reporting – have become cesspools of elitism and intolerance, and the troubling lack of ideological diversity in newsroom across the country has sown seeds of hatred for years against conservatives – maybe especially against conservative women, it’s culminated in an unhinged assault on President Trump and anyone who dares to support him publicly. I guess it’s not terribly surprising that the liberal groupthink has started to permeate America’s corporations, too.

– Trudy Wade

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Doug Baldwin’s Doug Baldwin. Plain and simple, listen, I respect the man because he’s a human being, first and foremost. But he’s just being more divisive, which is not surprising. It is what it is.

– Doug Baldwin

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It would not be surprising to see the coverage of the royal wedding – including the choice of engagement ring and wedding band – influence shoppers' behavior.

– Alistair Hewitt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It’s not surprising to me that the people that work for him and presumably support him by working for him would choose to make contributions to his campaign.

– Joshua Douglas

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The finding that was most surprising was the proportion, and the severity, of the exposures among the adolescents that were due to intentional exposure. We had three deaths, and all three were in the teenage group.

– Gary Smith

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It would not be surprising if names such as Daimler AG or someone on those lines is the next to sign an agreement, it is a low sovereign risk jurisdiction, good partner in terms of SQM behind it, you have a supportive government. It will attract a lot of ex-China players, as well as Chinese players, they are bidding for sure.

– Matthew Keane

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's not a surprise that women were most aware of the condom and birth control pills, but the lack of awareness of IUDs and, in particular, implants was definitely surprising, i guess I just assumed that most women have at least heard of these methods, but it seems like they really haven't.

– Adele Shartzer

Found on CNN
6 years ago

That was surprising, and just saying ‘this is Hebrew’ is the first step. The next step is how do we decipher it.

– Greg Kondrak

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This is a controversy that has spilled over to the nation, with most of it going on right here in Alabama, it’s really surprising to have such a competitive Senate race in a state that is normally heavily Republican.

– Larry Powell

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Throughout the investigation, we met a lot of colorful characters, and some things that were said were surprising. The majority were just people who wanted to get their 15 minutes and there was n’t much we [ could have done ] with that information.

– Gary Condit

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

While this incident is alarming, it is not surprising, hate crimes and shows of hostility toward minorities have recently been surging.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It was very surprising, i felt sad when I heard it.

– Kelly McBride

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The public definitely has a right to be surprised by this principle, but this is not surprising to anyone in the legal community in Massachusetts, right now the matter is pretty pro forma.

– Martin Healy

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It certainly shows a breakdown in communications that is troubling because the president is commander in chief and (Defense) Secretary (James) Mattis apparently, according to press reports — I haven't an official briefing on it yet — told him that this carrier and the destroyers were headed towards North Korea as a show of force when in fact they were headed in the completely opposite direction to Australia, and it's troubling if we don't know where our assets are. It's also so surprising. Every time I have seen that map that shows where our naval assets are, believe me, the Pentagon knows exactly where they are. So I suspect there was some sort of just terrible miscommunication but it should not have occurred.

– Susan Collins

Found on CNN
7 years ago

What's been most surprising isn't necessarily that the overall numbers have increased but that the cohort that is most impacted has changed, there's a newfound high-risk group: middle-aged adults; that's adults from about the age of 45 to 59 in the US, who previously had not been thought to be at high risk for mental illness or suicide, and now we're finding that they are.

– Judith Weissman

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Serbia is still negotiating with the EU to join the group, but it wouldn’t be surprising if Serbia was trying to keep its options open in terms East and West.

– Brian Taylor

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

While it was a, ‘ Oh man ’ there was like a ‘ Yeah, OK, my dad was right about this age when he was diagnosed, ’ so while it was surprising it was n’t shocking.

– Mike Golic

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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