In North Dakota, however, the race to replace another retiring Democrat, Kent Conrad, is unexpectedly close.
If Eros, too, is unexpectedly light, a lot of rethinking will have to be done.
Marine biologists working in the Pacific Ocean say they found a tasty deep-sea fish that is unexpectedly thriving.
Pinched between the Andes ranges and sitting 2, 600m above sea level, Bogota is unexpectedly one of the world's great biking cities.
By contrast, Widmerpool, his fat and pompous schoolfellow who is unexpectedly successful in adult life, is a great comic creation.
Rickman is unexpectedly romantic here, and very funny besides.
The evolution of the stiff upper lip is unexpectedly complex - emerging out of the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars as a reaction to what Britain's rulers felt was a dangerous unleashing of unrestrained passion on the continent.
An early abandonment of the approach could cause bond yields to rise sharply, unless there is an unexpectedly dramatic improvement in the fiscal position.
Like the Forth Bridge, the Palace of Westminster, with its cast iron Victorian roofs, its Neolithic heating systems and endless need for maintenance and repair will be crawling with builders and craftsmen rather than politicians - the institution it houses, though, is in unexpectedly good order.
As a result, the face of butler service in the region is often, unexpectedly, Chinese.
Jeffrey Kindler, who became chairman and chief executive of Pfizer suddenly and unexpectedly a little more than four years ago, is now retiring suddenly and unexpectedly.
Rather unexpectedly, it is the on-site restaurant Muzedechanga that draws the plaudits.
Unexpectedly in the mix is actor, director and generally tough dude Ed Burns.
The odd empathy that develops between the privileged heroine, Ouisa (Stockard Channing), and the young hustler (Will Smith) is moving because it emerges, unexpectedly, out of their radically different but equally ingenious strategies for manipulating experience.
Because I know your dad is here sometimes late, sometimes unexpectedly late because stuff goes on and he's calling in and he's saying, I've got to stay late, I've got to go in on the weekends, something changed.
Also wearing these clothes, at least there is no chance of anything popping out unexpectedly!
The real reason Ford unexpectedly shrank back from Daewoo is that its due diligence was unearthing one problem after another.
Unexpectedly, urbanization and education is creating a further divide between the sexes.
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To keep up with action sports, active wildlife or the photo opportunity that unexpectedly arises, the D600 is ready to shoot in 0.13 seconds, with a 0.052 second shutter release.
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But that might not deter Bill Wrigley, the fourth generation of the family at the helm, who, after his unexpectedly ambitious move for Hershey, is now hooked on diversifying.
They planned for the scheme to operate until 1 November or until the money ran out, but sales volumes have been unexpectedly high, and the funding is drying up more quickly than had been predicted.
That is still too fast for the government, which unexpectedly raised interest rates on October 19th and has outlined more measures to cool the market in recent weeks, including higher down-payment requirements and the introduction of a property tax in some cities.
Britain is slowly withdrawing from Iraq, but finds itself fighting an unexpectedly hard campaign in Afghanistan, where it forms the second-largest foreign contingent.
The Chicago PMI Index, which is often a bellwether for the national ISM Mfg Index, unexpectedly fell from 56.8 in February to 52.4 in March.
The commercial marketplace is a very dynamic environment where all sorts of things can happen unexpectedly, both good and bad.
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The decline in China's surplus is partly due to the slump in its exports caused by the unexpectedly deep recession in rich economies.
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