But Canada (2-0) and Japan (2-0), along with Australia (1-2), are considered medal contenders and potential surprise champions.
Biggest potential surprise of the night: In theory, at least, it would be to see R. Creigh Deeds, the Democrat, defeat Robert F. McDonnell, the Republican, in Virginia.
And finally, if you're looking for a potential surprise package, look no further than Lincoln City, who improved more than any other League Two club in the second half of last season and strengthened during the summer.
Many other publishers have brought stuff forward to get out of their way – which is perhaps why Thursday looks so strong," said Philip Stone, charts editor at the Bookseller, who is tipping titles including Balding's memoir, Bear Grylls Survivall Guide and William Shawcross's collection of the late Queen Mother's letters as potential surprise hits this Christmas.
That tasting provides the climax to "Bottle Shock," and even if the potential surprise of its outcome were not already spoiled by history, the movie's adherence to the clichés of the triumph-of-the-underdog narrative would be enough to remove any doubt.
Ideally, investors would make their move to buy or short a potential surprise two weeks ahead of the announcement, said Mr. Miller, who has compared the performance of positive and negative surprisers from two weeks before to four weeks after they reported results.
The decline was undoubtedly accelerated by Mr. Carell's departure after Season 7. NBC announced long ago that he would not be back for the finale, but a suspicion lingers that a potential surprise scene may have been filmed with Michael — there is an event in the finale that would probably call for his presence.
Shackle's theory lacks a notion of conditional potential surprise.
One potential surprise is the high rate of singletons in Substance and Compound as a function of atom environment radius.
