"It has definitely grown quicker than we expected," says Critchley.
"It's not expected," says Professor John Turner, a climate expert at the British Antarctic Survey.
"It's gone much better than anyone expected," says David Sabel, the National's head of digital.
"Trust runs deeper than expected," says Annette Heuser of the Washington branch of the Bertelsmann Foundation, a German think-tank.
It has certainly done better than Michelob's parent company, Anheuser-Busch, expected, says Rick Leininger, director of Michelob brands.
The cost will be $250 a year, and a wait list is expected, says Laurie Scholl, the town employee who handles parking.
"Oh, it's a lot better than what we expected," says Ken Litzenberger, the project manager for the Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge.
"It's happening faster than anyone expected," says Ms Epps.All will be revealedThis fast-moving plot will thicken in 2010, in three ways.
Most of this was simply due to things taking longer and costing more than the company had expected, says its chief financial officer, Byron Grote.
"If we continue down this road, a fourth, even a fifth, bailout should be expected," says Aristides Hatzis, associate professor of law and economics at Athens University.
But since those conditions include keeping all 18,000 jobs and maintaining the route structure and the Italian nature of the carrier, "no rational bidders can be expected", says a leading aviation analyst.
