Altria Group's Philip Morris USA lawyer said they were "very surprised" by Tuesday's move.

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Each of these received a very significant minority vote, and I would be surprised if they were not resubmitted or if the bank targeted similar firms where it was unhappy with the board.

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And so there was - I think the students who took the embassy were delighted, but also very surprised by the tremendous groundswell of support that they received both from below - with, you know, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in streets - but also from the Ayatollah Khomeini, who initially denounced what they had done.

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