In January the foreign ministry was caught off-guard by the army's test of an anti-satellite weapon.
But then, it is in the nature of investors to be caught off-guard.
But the Department of Homeland Security was caught off-guard by Ashcroft's dire interpretation of the current intelligence.
Caught off-guard, the lioness retreats into the bush, vexed, but unwilling to attack a creature so many times her size.
"The best parts of these debates come from the unexpected things that happen when someone gets caught off-guard, " he said.
The moment of transition, with the side losing the ball caught off-guard, is the point when space is most easily found.
The response of the Labour Party, clearly caught off-guard, has been feeble.
England were caught off-guard at a corner on the half-hour, and it needed goalkeeper James to come to the rescue with a fine diving save from Karhan.
Many American workers were caught off-guard in January, when they saw their annual take-home pay shrink by hundreds of dollars due to a broad-based increase in payroll taxes.
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This early leader in mobile phones was caught off-guard when Apple launched the iPhone in 2007 and integrated mobile phones with its desktop OS, a difficult leap for non-PC players.
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After an anxious, phone-buzzing-filled offsite meeting, Serres is caught off-guard by the influx of interest and tells his assistant, Sam Burkett, to clear appointments for the week and schedule investor meetings.
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Atlanta (CNN) -- Todd Vaught has been skateboarding since he was 10 years old, yet he was caught off-guard by a question from the much younger salesman at his local skateboard shop.
In fact the Cuban government seems caught off-guard, tentatively welcoming the new Cuban-American visitors and their money while continuing to rail against the embargo and rejecting any call for concessions on its own part.
"Since armed protection for rhinos in South African national parks is strong, poaching syndicates are likely to shift to countries with weaker enforcement power, including possibly Asian countries that may be caught off-guard, " Carlos Drews, global species programme director at WWF, warned in a statement.
He caught them off-guard as he had been doing for pretty much the whole year.
Ms. MATAMBANADZO: We were caught completely off-guard by the attack at the offices, and to this day we are quite startled about why it happened.
The Rangers fell behind 3-0 in the series before winning Game 4 on Thursday night to avoid a sweep, thanks in part to two soft goals that caught Rask off-guard.
By gobbling up Arco, he has once again caught his rivals off-guard.
We the Malaysian ICT professionals have been alarmed by the sudden announcement of the Board of Computing Professionals Draft Bill 2011 which caught most of us off-guard resulting in mixed reactions and unnecessary arguments.
Washington (CNN) -- Caught off guard by the Obama administration's shift in immigration policy last week, Republicans on Tuesday refined their response in an effort to lessen any political bounce for the president at what had been a tough time in his campaign.
And while stocks rallied sharply higher in October, managers entered the fourth quarter with low exposure levels and were caught off guard by the double-digit rally.
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The fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and the events in Egypt caught U.S. officials off-guard and brought that debate to critical mass.
The increasing acceptance of e-cigarettes caught big tobacco companies off guard initially but they are slowly recognising that they cannot ignore the changing tastes of their consumers.
The full-throated ad hominem reaction caught me off guard, but, in the end, taught me how hard the road to compromise will be.
If the White House won't call for a Roberts-like investigation of how our intelligence was caught off guard prior to and following Sept. 11, Congress should.
When an unexpected crisis occurs, we get caught off guard and are forced to react rather than respond with our highest-level thinking.
The authors were caught off guard by the strength of the result, according to Ruder Finn Asia Chairman Jean-Michel Dumont, who has helped develop communication strategy for brands such as Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Cartier.
One Forbes 400 member, caught off guard, seemed offended at the idea of being told what to do with his hard-earned fortune.
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By contrast, consumers' "readiness to manage their personal finances and banking via a mobile device has caught the industry off guard, " said Robert Hedges, managing director at AlixPartners LLP, a Boston-based consulting firm.
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