Metal Hammer magazine reported an "electric" atmosphere as the hour of the announcement approached.
Last week, it was a hectic time for Charles Stucki, the vice president of the TelePresence group at Cisco, as the acquisition announcement approached.
Shortly before the prize was announced this past fall, he emerged as a dark-horse contender among speculators with the British betting outfit Ladbrokes, where his odds increased from 40/1 to 20/1 as the announcement approached.
Despite the academy's secretiveness, it's not out of the question that those betting for Ngũgĩ have inside information or, in any case, solid clues: last year, as the award announcement approached, Alice Munro became the second-favorite in Ladbrokes betting, after Murakami, in what the Guardian described as an "eleventh-hour leap"; she ended up winning.
With the "Dancing With The Stars" Season 14 cast announcement approaching on February 28th, Rachael Ray and Jerry O'Connell looked like a couple of contenders Monday on "Rachael Ray" (weekdays on ABC).
As the date of the ride's announcement approached, Thorpe Park released a video via Facebook stating that "WAR is coming".
An hour into the count, Irish Health Minister Leo Varadkar — who recently come out as gay — tweeted: "Question now is will any constituency vote no?" As the official announcement approached, people began to gather on the grounds of Dublin Castle in the capital's city center.
To get an inkling of how this physiology works, consider the following scenario, in which a trader grapples with a rumor that the Fed may raise rates later that afternoon: As 2 15 -- the time of the announcement -- approaches, trading on the screens dwindles.
The deal had leaked in advance, making its final announcement something approaching a formality.
The car then drove in city traffic through Mountain View, stopping for lights and stop signs, as well as making announcements like "approaching a crosswalk" (to warn the human at the wheel) or "turn ahead" in a pleasant female voice.
