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But the 17-year-old achieved a surprising clean sweep – he was accepted to every Ivy League school.

An interview that I did with him during the book tour for "Infinite Jest," in 1996, achieved a surprising longevity.

Thanks to some dogged diplomacy and a little skillful spin, two once implacable foes this week achieved a surprising, if temporary, rapprochement.

Though normally no more high-brow, Israel's equivalent has this year achieved a surprising twist, by making a superstar out of "Palestine sympathiser" Saar Szekely.

At the age of 47, more than two dozen albums into his career, Prince, below, has achieved a surprising triumph: his first No. 1 debut.

But the bushwhacker from Africa achieved a surprising degree of success and, on his own initiative, founded the University of Hong Kong.

One of the authors, Dr. Szostak, of the Massachusetts General Hospital, has since managed to achieve a surprising amount of this program.

Grilled baby octopus with white beans and tapenade sauce achieves a surprising level of blandness, as does a thick veal chop baked in a cocotte with pan juices and a few vegetables.

Away from the high feelings provoked by women bishops and same-sex marriage, even in urban communities sometimes described as synonymous with hell on earth, the Church of England achieves a surprising degree of local traction.

It turns out that increasing the number of first-aid stations from 35 (current number of stations) to 50 and adding 10 vehicles will achieve a surprising 49% cost saving while maintaining a satisfactory service level.

Her first solo show in New York now occupies Matthew Marks's two galleries in Chelsea, and it includes a series of big color photographs that swipe from the high form of painting and the low form of B-movies to achieve a surprising emotional subtlety.