You would be surprised how many fans purposely stayed away from Bears Stadium last year because of the television policy.

When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was so clearly one of contemporary pop music.

The revelations about Eliot's private life surprised and shocked many of her admiring readers, but this apparently did not affect her popularity as a novelist.

Considering his work on such bastions of high culture as the Louvre and US National Gallery, some critics were surprised by his association with what many considered a tribute to low culture.

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.

The technique is named after U. S. Olympian Dave Volz, who made an art form of the practice and surprised many by making the U. S. Olympic team in 1992.

Willis then surprised many by deciding not to put his name forward for nomination, leaving Askin as the only contender.

Gellar's role showed her versatility as an actress, and many were surprised to see her playing a brunette cocaine addict with an appetite for manipulating and using people.

The movie was marketed as a horror movie and many including critics were surprised to find The Return was, as Rafe Telsch said, " just a murder mystery with a few supernatural elements ".

The 49ers ' success surprised many because they finished with a 6-10 record during the previous season, and a 2-14 record before that ( they even still had home blackouts early on in the 1981 season, the last blackouts for the 49ers to date ).

She began a new career in 1963 as a singer and surprised her audiences with the deep, smoky quality of her voice and the many lyrics, which she wrote herself.

53 Texians responding to Caldwell's call for reinforcements were surprised near Salado Creek and killed, many in cold blood after surrendering, in the Dawson Massacre.

The strength of McKinley, nominally a favorite-son candidate, surprised many observers.

However, Taft surprised many by announcing that he was not a candidate ; instead he voiced his support for a fellow conservative, Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio.

Then, in a move that surprised many, Kennedy asked Johnson to be his running mate.

Although initially he worked as an actor on stage, and told early in his acting career that he had no acting ability, he surprised many critics by becoming one of the Group ’ s most capable actors.

His troops surprised the rebels and killed many of them on the spot, including the commander, La Renaudie.

Christians of these traditions may be surprised to learn of the significance assigned to the holiday by others, and in fact in many evangelical churches in the United States, secular Mother's Day is more celebrated than the ancient and biblical feast of Pentecost.

The second single, " Punk Rock Superstar " surprised many fans while bringing in some new ones, when it was featured on the XBox 360's playlist upon its re-release in 2006.

The sale of Westinghouse by the Government of the United Kingdom surprised many industry experts, who questioned the wisdom of selling one of the world's largest producers of nuclear reactors shortly before the market for nuclear power was expected to grow substantially ; China, the United States and the United Kingdom are all expected to invest heavily in nuclear power.

Clarinetist Buddy DeFranco surprised many people when he led the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late sixties and early seventies.

Although many commentators were surprised at the time, and considered it to be an institutional crisis, some claiming the Fifth Republic could not accommodate itself of such rivalry at the head of the state, cohabitation repeated itself after the 1993 elections, when the RPR again won the elections, and then after the 1997 elections, when the Socialist Party won, leading to the constitution of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government while Chirac was only at the beginning of his first presidential term.

Williams surprised many when he won the Canadian trials in record time and was sent out to the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam at age 20.

This surprised many contemporary US viewers, who associated such images only with US and European cities, and contributed to a changing impression of Latin America.

But as with his April 1865 stabbing, Seward surprised many by making a recovery.

This surprised some observers who had expected that Rab Butler would be chosen.

Under Lawrie McMenemy's management, Saints started to rebuild in Division 2, capturing players such as Peter Osgood, Jim McCalliog, Jim Steele and Peter Rodrigues ( captain ) and what many people feel was the team's greatest moment ( to date ) came in 1976, when they reached the FA Cup Final, playing Manchester United at Wembley, and surprised all observers by beating much-fancied United 1 – 0 thanks to a goal from Bobby Stokes.

In 1965, Warner surprised many industry observers when he purchased the rights to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?, Edward Albee's searing play about a destructive marriage.

In the June primary election, Davis surprised political observers by handily defeating two better funded Democratic opponents: multimillionaire airline executive Al Checchi and Jane Harman, whose husband is a multimillionaire.

Sassou Nguesso surprised many observers who saw only a military strongman by revealing a strong commitment to Marxism as well as a streak of practical politics.

Eskimos coach Pop Ivy surprised many observers when he started Getty at quarterback in the third game of the 1956 western final ( which was a three game series at the time ) during the 44th Grey Cup, with Parker at running back.

Koch became a controversial figure in the 1988 presidential campaign with his very public criticism of Democratic candidate Jesse Jackson, who had surprised many political observers by winning key primaries in March and running even with the front runner, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.

This stance by Darling surprised many observers because during his tenure at the Department for Transport he had made several statements to Parliament and the financial markets assuring them that the government regarded independence in economic regulation of the railways as essential.

For example, Prentice surprised many observers when he voted in favour of Bill C-38 supporting same-sex marriage.

This surprised many observers, as Crane had supported Reagan for president two years earlier.

Liberal Party leader Gordon Wilson surprised observers by leading his party to winning one-third of the votes cast, and forming the official opposition in the legislature.

In 1997 – 98, Cheltenham surprised all observers by finishing runners-up in the Conference and giving champions Halifax Town a run for their money right up until the end of April.

Outside observers were surprised by the survival of Zyuganov's Communist Party into the post-Soviet era.

The result was a landslide for the Alliance Party of the Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, which won 33 of the 52 seats, and surprised many observers by capturing almost 25 percent of the Indo-Fijian vote.

After a period of introspection and deliberation, on February 6, 2007 Turner surprised many observers by joining the Liberal Party caucus at the invitation of its leader, Stéphane Dion.

Pallister surprised political observers in January 2008 by announcing that he would not run in the next federal election.

Not emerging as a candidate until the end of the selection process, Calvert's appointment surprised him and most observers.

In the election that followed in 1999, the NFP surprised many observers by forming an electoral coalition with the Fijian Political Party, led by their former enemy, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

In 2007, Veil surprised many observers by declaring her support for the neo-conservative presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Independent Democrats surprised many observers by obtaining more votes than the New National Party, becoming the fifth largest party.

Liberal Party leader Gordon Wilson surprised observers by leading his party to winning one-third of the votes cast, and forming the official opposition in the legislature.

This was the first of Taft's six Supreme Court appointments, and surprised some observers because unlike Taft, Lurton was a Democrat.

Thaksin, whose government had been criticised by foreign observers for its harsh attitude to injecting drug users, surprised the conference by pledging to adopt a " harm minimization " approach to AIDS prevention among drug users, and to work co-operatively with non-government organizations, including the Thai Drug Users ' Network.