After the surprise was over, Linda was almost as pleased as anyone with John's good luck, though she agreed with Bobbie's decision some months later to move to Funk Furnaces.

In a surprise move, on the 28th of that month he himself was elected Pope.

To the surprise of many, Falcone's move to Rome was very successful.

Gibbon makes the point that he did not move at once against Charles Martel, was surprised by him at Tours as Charles had marched over the mountains avoiding the roads to surprise the Muslim invaders, and thus the wily Charles selected the time and place they would collide:

This surprise move and pressure by the Maritime Powers ( Great Britain and the Dutch Republic ) forced Denmark – Norway to withdraw from the war in August 1700 according to the terms of the Peace of Travendal.

In a surprise move, Gorton contested and won the position of Deputy Leader, forcing McMahon to make him Defence Minister.

However, in a surprise move, Duceppe announced the next day that he was withdrawing from the race, and that he would support Pauline Marois who had also announced her intention to run.

Approximately the same period, the Soviets made a surprise move and announced their support of UNTSO and likewise wanted to provide Observers.

This move came as a considerable surprise to NHL circles.

He expected no further move that year from the Protestant army, led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, since unseasonably wintry weather was making it difficult to camp in the open countryside ; however, Gustavus Adolphus ' army marched out of camp towards Wallenstein's last-known position and attempted to catch him by surprise, but his trap was sprung prematurely on the afternoon of 15 November, by a small force left by Wallenstein at the Rippach stream, about 5 – 6 kilometres south of Lützen.

In a surprise move, Duceppe withdrew on the 12th – leaving Marois the only declared candidate.

He was believed to be retained as home minister of UP, but in a surprise move was called to Centre as minister by Nehru.

Despite these tensions, the Liberal Unionists more or less managed to stay together until 1903, when in a surprise move, Chamberlain dramatically launched Tariff Reform with a speech in his Birmingham political homeland.

His surprise defeat at the hand of Joseph Noseworthy of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ended his political career, and may also have been a factor in the Conservative Party's decision to move to the left and rebrand itself the Progressive Conservative Party under Meighen's replacement.

Lapeña then began to move his division from first time since Brown ordered him to maneuver to bridge the gap between Cascante and the heights of the edge of Queiles the Aragonese troops had not occupied because of the lateness of his entry into Tudela and the surprise of the French.

Afterwards, he and Laura move back in together again, and she organizes a celebration of the recently released single by the two delinquents, where Barry's band plays " Let's Get It On " and is delightful ( to everyone's surprise ).

On March 31, in a surprise move, Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection.

The success of an amphibious landing at that location, in a basin substantially comprising reclaimed marshland and surrounded by mountains, depended completely on the element of surprise and the swiftness with which the invaders could move relative to the reaction time of the defenders.

D ' Erlon began to move into position, but suddenly stopped and began moving away, much to the surprise and horror of Napoleon.

Press officials immediately demanded to know what had inspired Orchard's surprise move.

The Five Hundred name was thrown out and Taurus was brought back for the next generation of that car in a surprise move by Alan Mulally.

NBC officials wanted to move the XFL games to afternoons after the first season ( 2001 ) due to dismal ratings, and when, somewhat to McMahon's surprise and disappointment the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) wanted to follow suit, the league was then folded and the team disbanded.

However, in a surprise move, Dr. Chown graciously stepped aside in favour of George C. Pidgeon, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church and principal spokesperson for the uniting Presbyterians, in the hopes that this would strengthen the resolve of the Presbyterians who had chosen to join the new Church.

In a surprise move, the Herald declined to endorse a party at the 2004 federal election, in line with a decision that it would " no longer endorse one party or another at election time ".

The news was met with utter shock and surprise by government leaders and media worldwide, most of whom were aware only of the British – French – Soviet negotiations that had taken place for months.

Due to a combination of surprise, superior military forces, and a poorly armed South Korean army, the Northern forces quickly captured Seoul and Syngman Rhee and his government was forced to flee further south.

Adorno resumed his teaching duties at the university soon after his arrival, with seminars on " Kant ’ s Transcendental Dialectic ," aesthetics, Hegel, “ Contemporary Problems in the Theory of Knowledge ” and “ The Concept of Knowledge .” Adorno ’ s surprise at his students ' passionate interest in intellectual matters did not, however, blind him to continuing problems within Germany: The literary climate was dominated by writers who had remained in Germany during Hitler's rule, the government re-employed people who had been active in the Nazi apparatus and people were generally loath to own up to their own collaboration or the guilt they thus incurred.

Almost immediately after the Soviet withdrawal, the Battle of Jalalabad was fought between Afghan government forces and the mujahideen ; the government forces, to the surprise of many, repulsed the attack and won the battle.

To his surprise, he was immediately appointed to the government as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works.

To the surprise of the Irish government and the other EU member states Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Nice in June 2001.

To his surprise, the case draws the attention of the highest levels of the German government, as an SS Standartenführer, Oskar Huth, arrives to supervise the investigation.

Anne assumed the regency but to general surprise entrusted the government to the chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, who was a protégé of Cardinal Richelieu and figured among the council of the regency.

Powell's attack on Seward was coordinated with Booth's attack on President Abraham Lincoln and George Atzerodt's attack on Vice President Andrew Johnson in order to maximize the element of surprise and to sever the continuity of the United States government.

The Norwegian government of Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold, with the exception of foreign minister Halvdan Koht and minister of defense Birger Ljungberg, was largely caught by surprise when it became apparent in the early hours of April 9, 1940 that Nazi Germany had launched an invasion of Norway.

It was therefore with great surprise that the country received the news of Kibaki's resignation from government and leaving KANU on Christmas Day in December 1991, only days after the repeal of Section 2A of the Constitution, which restored the multi-party system of government.

The USSR and the U. S. became allies during World War II, after Nazi Germany's surprise attack on the USSR in 1941, but the U. S. government was highly suspicious of Joseph Stalin's long-term intentions.

When the military intercepted secret letters from Te Rauaparaha to Te Rangihaeata, the government realised that he was playing a double game and in a surprise attack he was taken prisoner of war as the region was under martial law.

According to most accounts, the popularity of Powell's perspective on race may have played a decisive contributory factor in the Conservatives ' surprise victory in the 1970 general election, and he became one of the most persistent rebels opposing the subsequent Heath government.

The sudden death of President Felix Faure while in office took the country by surprise, but had no destabilizing effect on the government.

To Reid's great surprise, he defeated his Liberal opponent and was elected to the legislature, along with 37 of his fellow UFA candidates — enough to form a majority government.

While in Santa Prisca working with local rebels, his camp was taken by surprise by government commandos and Edmund blinded by gunfire.

To his surprise, Thomas is summoned in person by the Prime Minister ( unnamed, but likely intended to represent Harold Macmillan ), who informs him that word of his inquiries has reached higher circles in the British government.

In 1990, in a surprise victory, Bob Rae led the party to office in Ontario – the first that had won government east of Manitoba ( until their election in Nova Scotia in 2009 ).

In any case on 16 June, the Bulgarian high command, under the direct control of Tsar Ferdinand and without notifying the government, ordered Bulgarian troops to start a surprise attack simultaneously against both the Serbian and Greek positions, without declaring war and to dismiss any orders contradicting the attack order.

He then spends over a decade in a hospital bed, almost going mad, when the Canadian government approaches him with the idea of replacing his skeleton one bone at a time with adamantium, the claws being a surprise.

Historically, Campus Day was picked early in the year by the student government and reserved as a surprise to the rest of the student body, but today it is announced ahead of time so that students can plan ahead for it.