In a surprise development, Trotsky and most of the Iskra editors supported Martov and the Mensheviks while Plekhanov supported Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

A main character Twilly and himself both had attorney forbears who lived in Southern Florida, but the development in this area came as a surprise to him and his attorney father and grandfather.

By contrast, round characters are complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader.

In 1997, when Bill Gates was asked what trend or development over the past 20 years had really caught him by surprise, his reply was: " Kaleida and Taligent had less impact than we expected.

On 24 August, it was announced the mission was to end in only 10 hours, a development which caught even the reporters of Radio Moscow by surprise.

For all these pursuits, it comes as no surprise that his best-known works are two voluminous books which attempt to map and systematize the development of the sciences, History of the Inductive Sciences ( 1837 ) and The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History ( 1840 ).

" J. J. got his big break as an artist for a comic book company, after years of the audience waiting for such a development ; his newly created character, DynoWoman, was based on Thelma ( much to her surprise and delight ).

The sleuth often forms a strong leading character, and the plots can include elements of drama, suspense, character development, uncertainty and surprise twists.

Studio insiders expected Romancing the Stone to flop ( to the point that, after viewing a rough cut of the film, the producers of the then under development Cocoon fired Zemeckis as director of that film ), but the film became a surprise hit.

Nelligan, Nicholson's wife, has a surprise development ( no, she doesn't turn into a werewolf ) that's nothing more than plot-convenient.

A surprise development during this phase was the removal of the suspended ceiling in early July.

This announcement was a surprise to Strategy First, and was very quickly vetoed by Richard Therrien, VP product development of SFI.

The groundbreaking results of these experiments took the world by surprise and quickly resulted in his development of the Beam Wireless Service for the British General Post Office.

The typhoon's rapid development took hundreds of vessels in the Gulf of Thailand by surprise, leading to 275 offshore fatalities.

: Entirely unprepared for such a development, I was completely taken by surprise ; but regaining my self-control, keeping my mind on the point of concentration.

Either narrative or thematic, this lyric verse introduces a situation or problem in line 1, development ( called a turn ) in line 2, and a strong conclusion beginning with a surprise ( a twist ) in line 3, which resolves tensions or questions raised by the other lines and provides a memorable ending.

However, in a surprise development, and after intense negotiations between Mexico, Chile and the United States at the third Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies in Santiago, Chile, on 29 April, Colombian foreign minister Carolina Barco announced that Derbez was withdrawing his candidacy, " in order to prevent a breakdown of hemispheric relations ".

In a surprise development, the General Assembly of the CUD met on 22 October in the Hall of the NEBE in Addis Ababa, and elected new officials.

In a surprise development, Tonry was forced to resign from the U. S. House in May 1977 because of allegations of electoral misconduct.

Capcom Japan's announcement of a sequel to Mega Man Zero 3 didn't come as much of a surprise, with the pattern of development news following the previous two Mega Man Zero games.

It may be associated with deception, stealth, and / or treachery due to the ease of concealment and surprise that someone could inflict with one on an unsuspecting victim, and indeed many assassinations have been carried out with the use of a dagger, including that of Julius Caesar.

Immediately six Inquisitors appear, one of whom cries, " Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition ... because our chief weapon is surprise!

The tactics involved might describe specific actions taken in specific locations, like surprise attacks on military facilities, missile attacks on offensive weapon stockpiles, and the specific techniques involved in accomplishing such objectives.

Colonel Mastalerz decided to take the enemy by surprise and immediately ordered a cavalry charge, a tactic the Polish cavalry rarely used as their main weapon.

Other GM's, including Gata Kamsky, have occasionally used it as a surprise weapon.

?, which can be used as a surprise weapon if Black does not know very much about the Polish Opening.

His opening innovations are generally regard as unsound, although the Cochrane Gambit is occasionally used as a surprise weapon.

However the Cochrane Gambit still appears occasionally as a surprise weapon in serious competition, for example Veselin Topalov drew with it against Vladimir Kramnik at Linares in 1999.

For one caught in the open, and by surprise, by the same 1 megaton weapon detonation, but one ducked and covered in 2 seconds time from first noticing the moment of flash, then one would have prevented themselves from being exposed to the full brunt of the 1 megaton explosions thermal energy, instead, approximately 55 % of the explosions total thermal flash energy would have been absorbed over these 2 seconds In this example, as there is now a 45 % reduction in the amount of heat experienced by one ducking and covering, the 50 % lethal thermal range from this 1 megaton weapon can now be more accurately equated to equivalent to the entire flash energy from a 0. 55 Mt or 550 kt weapon, if one ducks and covers in 2 seconds, and no longer treated as a 1 megaton weapon.

Japan does not declare war but instead launches sneak attacks on United States ships en route to the Philippines and Hawaii ; an invasion fleet about to launch a surprise attack on San Francisco is stopped by the hero using the weapon from a captured Japanese vessel.

Canard, despite his unit not being fully repaired from Prayer's attack and missing half of its limbs and backpack, manages to disable Unit 2 with a surprise attack utilizing the beam shield as a weapon.

More modernly, grandmasters Kasparov and Timman helped to re-popularize the Scotch, when they used it as a surprise weapon to avoid the well-analysed Ruy Lopez.

Moving into the last third of the 20th century, grandmasters of the calibre of Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Larsen, and Bronstein all experimented with the Veresov Opening as an occasional surprise weapon.

It is rarely played today except as a surprise weapon, because Black has the pleasant choice between equalizing easily and attempting to obtain an advantage with sharper play.

Although opening assessments change as improvements are found for each side, the Chigorin seems to be playable for Black and it is useful as a surprise weapon against the Queen's Gambit.

Since the acinaces seems to have been a thrusting weapon, and since it was typically worn on the right, it was likely intended to be suddenly drawn with the blade facing down for surprise stabbing attacks.

To her surprise, Inara emerges above her to taunt her with the weapon.

After crossing the Rhine back into Gaul, Caesar sends troops ahead of him to surprise Ambiorix, but Ambiorix escapes.

* Theodosius II sends the Eastern imperial fleet under the command of the Romano-Goth Areobindus into Sicilian waters, taking the Vandals by surprise.

Using these skills the recreation is able to hack into the rebel alliance's main computer network, finding plans detailing an impending surprise attack on the main Earth government, which he promptly sends to Earth authorities.

The Magus sends the doppelgängers to Earth to distract the heroes, and the evil version of Mister Fantastic detonates a gamma bomb when the heroes assemble at Four Freedoms Plaza, however, the Invisible Woman contains the blast while Thunder God Thor directs the radiation into space, and a surprise attack by the Magus and the doppelgänger of Thanos has the heroes believing the two characters are now allied.

Caught by surprise, the United States sends Jefferson and Task Force Talon commandos to assist local military forces to dispatch the invaders.

Much to her surprise, Terry's name comes up on the list of potential Jokerz, and she becomes convinced that Terry is Terminal and sends him a message, threatening to expose his secret if he does not meet her.

The Black Cross Army, fearful of the threat against them, decides to launch a surprise attack against EAGLE and sends its five most dangerous operatives to attack and destroy the five EAGLE branches in Japan.