Along with evidence from other Type Ia supernovae, it indicated that the expansion of the universe, contrary to all expectations, was speeding up, pushing the supernovae further away than expected.
Contrary to all expectations, Japan triumphed on land and sea, and Russia stumbled into the Revolution of 1905.
Microsoft will promptly advise the court if, contrary to all expectations, the district court grants Microsoft's stay motion now that a notice of appeal has been filed.
Contrary to all expectations, the Delhi government completed a section of India's most modern mass transit system — ahead of schedule and well below the projected cost.
And then, contrary to all expectations, there was an "Adlai Stevenson moment": The U.S. secretary of state displayed to the world aerial photographs showing trucks next to a bunker storing what signs say are chemical munitions.
"THE END," the enormous headline of the Gazzetta dello Sport confirmed, when, on Monday, contrary to all expectations and pundit wisdom, Italy failed to score against a modest Swedish side and crashed out of the forthcoming tournament in Russia.
Contrary to all expectations just a few weeks ago, Bill Simon Jr., a first-time candidate, a businessman and a solid conservative, has closed a polling gap of more than 30 points against Richard J. Riordan, the former mayor of Los Angeles.
But he said he liked to think that maybe a handful of those starlet-Googlers had stuck around to read the dispatches from Egypt and Turkey, or the acclaimed travel section, or the theater critic — who, contrary to all expectations, turned out to be The Faster Times's highest initial advertising earner.
Thus, the commandment given us in ancient times by the god at Delphi was contrary to all expectations: 'Look back into your self; get to know your self; hold on to your self.'... Can you not see that this world of ours keeps its gaze bent ever inwards and its eyes ever open to contemplate itself?
