Three levels below ground, in a nondescript building beside The New York Times's headquarters — and hardly a stone's throw from Times Square, one of the most frenetic intersections on the planet — lies an unexpected and strangely quiet repository.
The quiet was an unexpected reprieve, coaxing into high relief the sigh of buses, the ripple-rattle of plastic bags and the occasional squeal of a train.
Yet, like a quiet dish with an unexpected spicy kick, "Ramen Shop's" emotions creep up on you unawares.
For someone who spent a career talking to audiences both at the track and on television, Denman left in relatively quiet fashion, with an unexpected email to Santa Anita officials.
Sat 10.30pm, The Home Depot Center Alicia Ratterree, The Goat Parade, Chivas USA: Chivas USA are coming off an unexpected bye, so it has been pretty quiet around the team lately.
The most astonishing moment – quiet but revolutionary – occurs when an unexpected someone sits opposite Rutherford at the table's head.
It has been quiet at Shifting Careers this week because I took an unexpected trip to Florida for a death in my family.
For more intrepid visitors like Stevenson, however, there was an unexpected bonus: the ancient Silk Road and Roman sites, normally busy with tour groups, were delightfully quiet.
Infants show a quieting of motor activity and a decrease in heart rate in response to an unexpected event, a combination that implies the emotion of surprise.
It was an unexpected one.
It was an unexpected bonus.
