Even luxury retailers are keeping up their recession-conscious habits: The Palm Beach Daily reported that for the first time Neiman Marcus opened its doors at 8 am after Christmas and was pleasantly surprised to find a crowd waiting.

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In Minnesota, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau saw a screening of the movie in spring training and was pleasantly surprised to see brief footage of himself running onto the field during some of the stock shots of players paying homage to Robinson by wearing his No. 42.

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She was pleasantly surprised by how simple and healthful they were.

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Preston was pleasantly surprised by what he saw and eventually hired two more men from the camp and another who was living in a trailer.

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Last night, I was pleasantly surprised to see the topic come up, and even more astonished to find that it was brought up by Mitt Romney.

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