To the surprise of most observers, both the campaign and the election were conducted with a minimum of violence and intimidation.

What did surprise some observers was the forcible conversion of three sons of Jahangir's brother, Prince Daniyal, to Christianity, followed by a parade to celebrate their conversions.

As the other parties negotiated the key issues, agreement was reached on most of the major political issues, to the surprise of most observers, given the low expectations that preceded the meeting.

Wilson responded to this apparent recovery in his government's popularity by calling a general election, but, to the surprise of most observers, was defeated at the polls by the Conservatives under Heath.

The verdict was seen as a surprise by some observers.

To the surprise of many observers, evidence of Jiang's continuing influence on public policy abruptly disappeared from the official media.

To the surprise of many observers, this was voted down by local area FBU representatives the following day.

To the surprise of many observers, Zidisha borrowers have maintained a repayment rate of 98 %.

The election results were nonetheless a surprise to political observers across the province, even to longtime NDP supporters.

At the 1945 general election, to the surprise of many observers, Winston Churchill was defeated by the Labour Party headed by Clement Attlee.

However, to the surprise of many observers, Holden did not retire, instead opting to run in a district that was 65 % new to him ( a small corner from the even more Republican 9th District was moved to the 17th ).

To the surprise of almost all observers, the obviously declining Randolph stood for re-election.

Although the party had been expected to increase its parliamentary presence, its sudden victory was a surprise to most political observers.

More significantly, and to the surprise of most observers, the Liberals were able to win three seats in the traditionally conservative city of Calgary.

Fradkov's nomination as Prime Minister was a surprise to many observers, as he was not seen as part of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.

The victory of the UN over the popular Lesage government was a surprise to many observers.

Although a surprise to political observers it was understandable given the political upheavals of 1999.

He turned down an approach from First Division West Bromwich Albion in favour of a Fourth Division club, which caused a major surprise among many observers.

To the surprise of most observers, Caird crossed the line just ahead of her fellow Australian, in a new world record time of 10. 39.

The launch, therefore, of Progress 11 on 28 September came as surprise to observers, as it was assumed cosmonauts due to return to Earth would not need fresh supplies.

Ellington remained active in Democratic circles, and it was to the surprise of very few observers that he began in 1965 to position himself for another run for the governorship.

Much to the surprise of many observers, Pierce, Stein, and Belitsky all resurfaced in 2000: the three appeared on the self-titled album by Chappaquiddick Skyline, a side project of the Massachusetts-based Pernice Brothers.

" To the surprise of fashion observers, when she met with Pope Pius XII during that trip, " the visitor from Indochina did not wear the traditional black, long-sleeved gown and veil.

The Charade was a surprise bestseller in Japan, where ever tighter emissions standards had made many observers consider the 1 liter car dead in the marketplace.

In a review of the book, Time Magazine wrote, " General Jackson's opinions need surprise no one who has observed George Washington and Abraham Lincoln zealously following the Communist Party Line in recent years.

CNN reported that " Brooks was joined on stage by two surprise guest stars, Billy Joel and Don McLean, who brought down the house with an acoustic rendition of ' American Pie '.

The Turks, having seized the summit of the mountain, and the French ( both soldiers and pilgrims ) having been taken by surprise, there was little hope of escape: those who tried were caught and killed, and many men, horses and baggage were cast into the canyon below the ridge.

The question catches Montag by surprise and he mulls over his encounter with Clarisse ( and how similar it was to another encounter in the park involving an English professor who was afraid of Montag ).

John Painter states that Origen expresses surprise that given that a Josephus who disbelieves in Jesus as Christ ( Commentary on Matthew Book X, Chapter 17 ) should write respectfully of James, his brother.

Kemp was a bit of a surprise to stay in the Bush Cabinet for the duration of his presidency, and he was described as one of the few Bush Administration members who would take tough stands.

Their conclusion, to Gebhard's surprise he claimed, was that none of Kinsey's original estimates were significantly affected by this bias: that is, the prison population and male prostitutes had the same statistical tendency as those who willingly participated in discussion of previously taboo sexual topics.

To the surprise of many, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who had vehemently opposed this amendment, appeared to have finally accepted it, and so did most of his party.

At the very end of the show, in " Court Charades ", the Inquisitors are caught by surprise when a defendant ( who is also a judge from another court ) in session at the Old Bailey says: " Blimey, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!

The Montoneros however, soon met with fierce resistance from a group of conscripts and NCOs who recovered from their initial surprise.

Although she had been a quite accomplished runner, the victory of El Moutawakel, who studied at Iowa State University at the time, was a surprise.

Idas, who tenderly loved Marpessa, is eagerly rushing forward to receive her, while Apollo stares with surprise ... at the unexpectedness of her decision ...

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.

While the couple may or may not be widely known to be engaged prior to the elopement, the wedding itself is generally a surprise to those who are later informed of its occurrence.

To the surprise of many who saw him as a respectable poet and decorator from that point on he threw himself wholeheartedly into the nascent Socialist movement, becoming co-author of the Social Democratic Federation manifesto.

He experiences hardships and trains secretly and waits until there is an opportunity for him to show off his skills and surprise those who initially looked down on him.

In the extreme case, a prisoner who is paranoid might feel certain in his knowledge that the executioner will arrive at noon on Monday, then certain that he will come on Tuesday and so forth, thus ensuring that every day he is not hanged really is a " surprise " to him, but that the day of his hanging he was indeed expecting to be hanged.

Conservative commentator Bruce Anderson has claimed that the " Rivers of Blood " speech would have come as a complete surprise to anyone who had studied his record: he had been a West Midlands MP for 18 years but had said hardly anything about immigration.

It is true that Yamamoto believed that Japan could not win a protracted war with the United States, and moreover seems to have believed that the Pearl Harbor attack had become a blunder — even though he was the person who came up with the idea of a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

* March 13 – Battle of Jarnac: Royalist troops under Marshal Gaspard de Tavannes surprise and defeat the Huguenots under the Prince of Condé, who is captured and murdered.

When General Amherst heard of this surprise action, he immediately dispatched troops under his nephew William Amherst, who regained control of Newfoundland after the Battle of Signal Hill in September 1762.

An interesting and surprise attack shot is the " CB Pinch ", named after Charlie Beram, a Colorado state champion who is credited with this unique style.

The surprise Republican candidate was maverick businessman Wendell Willkie, a dark horse who crusaded against Roosevelt's perceived failure to end the Depression and his supposed eagerness for war.