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The move surprised and upset Buckeyes fans who hoped he would resume his successful run at the school after the war.
In a move that apparently surprised many islanders the Chief Minister of Norfolk Island David Buffett announced on 6 November 2010 that the island would voluntarily surrender its self-governing status in return for a financial bailout from the federal government to cover significant debts.
Then, in a move that surprised many, Kennedy asked Johnson to be his running mate.
At about 6 a. m. on April 6, 1862, when Grant's army was surprised and virtually routed by the sudden appearance of the Confederate States Army under Albert Sidney Johnston, Grant sent orders for Wallace to move his division up to support the division of Brig.
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:
In 1999, the Corporation surprised everyone when it decided to abandon its beautiful headquarters and move to Covington, Kentucky.
In a move that surprised many, Eggleton elected not to run again.
Pre-booked guest Olivia Newton-John commented to the tabloid The Sun that she was surprised when asked to move up in the show's running order and take part in a skit promoting McCartney & Jackson's track.
Despite this, Lions fans were surprised at the move of the team directors to ask Annis Stukus to step down as the team's Head Coach in October 1955.
He believed that sleepwalking was connected to fulfilling sexual wishes and was surprised that a person could move without interrupting their dream.
President Buchanan was surprised and dismayed at Anderson's move to Sumter, unaware of the authorization Anderson had received.
In a move that surprised other right-wing parties, Viljoen registered the Freedom Front with the Independent Electoral Commission ( IEC ) on 4 March 1994 to take part in the April 1994 general elections.
Clarke departed from the Hollies in December 1971, a move which surprised both the band's fans and the public in general.
At the 1989 Barcelona World Cup event, former world champion Garry Kasparov surprised American Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan with this move.
During the later 1970s Morris switched to figurative work, a move that surprised many of his supporters.
Kasparov's third move surprised many spectators.
After a disappointing 2003 – 2004 season with the Mighty Ducks, he surprised many by deciding to resign from the GM post in Anaheim and move back to the Ottawa Valley, to become head coach of the Ottawa Senators.
For example, a dramatic convention in Shakespeare is that a character can move downstage to deliver a soliloquy which cannot be heard by the other characters on stage nor are characters in a musical surprised by another character bursting into song.
He joined Liverpool for more than £ 4 million – a move that surprised many because of the long history of rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool, and few players had ever appeared for both of these clubs during their careers.
He is very surprised by the object because the words on the page do not move like the words on the screen of their mechanical teacher.
This move surprised the party, with many commentators giving him little chance of getting elected.
The colonies were unable to mount an effective resistance to the hit-and-run tactics of the Indians, though the destruction of Shingas's base of operations in the Kittanning Expedition in 1756 surprised the Delawares and compelled them to move further west, settling in what is present-day Ohio.
The allied officers were surprised by this bold move and did not mount a flank attack that would have cut off the Polish forces and caused a catastrophe for them.
The FIA responded to the teams ' move in a statement, saying: " We are disappointed but not surprised by FOTA's inability to reach a compromise in the best interests of the sport.

move and first
Yet when, at war's end, the ex-Tory made the first move to resume correspondence, Jay wrote him from Paris, where he was negotiating the peace settlement:
Besides its historical significance as a break with the centuries-old tradition of British insularity, Britain's move, if successful, will constitute an historic landmark of the first importance in the movement toward the unification of Europe and the Western world.
Obviously, if this club is going to move from second to first in the American League, it will have to show improvement someplace.
Yet it is plainly time to make a start, and to be effective the first move should be highly dramatic, without being fanatical.
His first move was to send Hino to the village to spend a few days.
For the first time, he be sad about the move.
Strong hands move first ; ;
Quite naturally, they make the investigation, first, by prohibiting the patient from making any movements at all and then, later, by repeating it and allowing the patient to move in any way he wanted to.
He was invulnerable to attack, but he could be handled, Mickey knew, if he could be brought to make the first move.
The conductor's preoccupation with the business of starting and stopping caused occasional raggedness, as with the first orchestra entrance in the Fourth Piano Concerto, but when he put his deliberations and obsequies aside and let the music move as designed, it did so with plenty of spring.
Had there been another `` brain '' ship at the Base at the moment, Helva would have been guided to make the first move.
The ovum is at first rigidly held but in fertilised eggs, the innermost layer liquefies and allows the embryo to move freely.
He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.
Thus, the Turun Sanomat Building first heralded Aalto's move towards modernism, and this was then carried forward both in the Paimio Sanatorium and in the on-going design for the library.
Anthony was, however, the first known ascetic going into the wilderness ( about A. D. 270 – 271 ), a geographical move that seems to have contributed to his renown.
In the first episode of Daria, she and her family move from Beavis and Butt-Head's hometown of Highland to Lawndale — the only references to the original show is a single mention of Highland in the first episode, with Daria saying Lawndale can't be a second Highland " unless there's uranium in the drinking water here too ".
The second player ( B ) plays the mirror image of the first player's move, hoping to divide the board into two pieces and tie the game.
The first player ( A ) makes a sacrifice at move 7 ; B accepts the sacrifice, getting one box.
If the players roll the same number, they must roll again as the first move can not be a doublet.
Such a move adds greatly to the risk of having to face the doubling cube coming back at 8 times its original value when first doubling the opponent ( offered at 2 points, counter offered at 16 points ) should the luck of the dice change.
The first moment is seen to vanish, meaning that the Brownian particle is equally likely to move to the left as it is to move to the right.
* The pawn may move forward to the unoccupied square immediately in front of it on the same file ; or on its first move it may advance two squares along the same file provided both squares are unoccupied ; or it may move to a square occupied by an opponent's piece which is diagonally in front of it on an adjacent file, capturing that piece.

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