The critics were shocked to discover that, without the benefit of labels to guide them, they had awarded the highest marks to Californian wines, both white and red.
Imagine coming home to discover that, without any warning, police and city officials have entered your house while you were out and removed your beloved dog, leaving a warrant taped to the front door saying that your dog has been deemed "illegal".
Even the idea that Bush was unique as a warmonger may have to be adjusted once Obama escalates American military intervention in Afghanistan, or discovers that talking to Iran "without conditions," as he has ingenuously proposed, won't stop it from developing a nuclear weapons capacity.
But when, on Dec. 22, the human race discovered that doomsday had come and gone without apparent incident, more Mayan mischief kicked in: mankind found itself with only 10 days to come up with New Year's resolutions, a necessity too many had assumed would be made moot by apocalypse.
Executive producer Clyde Phillips said that Doakes "always had a shelf life because of the collision course [with Dexter ], while executive producer Sara Colleton believed it would be unrealistic to keep Doakes on for a third season without having him discover that Dexter is a murderer.
Her surprise turned to anger when she discovered that, without consulting her, he had also converted their children.
We arrived home to discover that, without consulting us, they had drilled through the wall and installed a metal access door to the air-conditioning pipes.
Rather, one day he will discover that, without quite knowing it, he has been thinking about a new idea for some time — the idea has been germinating somewhere inside him and has developed without his help.
But once they arrived, many discovered that without a green card, often all they can find are low-paying jobs like distributing fliers on street corners or lugging groceries to apartment buildings.
They had been fighting for five years when, in 1994, the wily speaker of the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, suddenly discovered that without a "home rule message" -- a formal request from the city -- the Legislature could not consider a secession bill.
