You may find yourself reading text labels greedily, for once, to get in on the episodes of sensibility that sprung such fine surprises on a nation still rawly young.
There is no finer surprise than Carolina.
But declarer, capping a fine performance, surprised the kibitzers, leading a diamond to dummy's ace and making his contract.
Not in every particular, perhaps -- there are some fine, jolting surprises along the way -- but "Panic Room" operates within a strict and narrow set of conventions.
"I think even Double Fine was surprised by the success of the Kickstarter," he says.
With a special flair for the comical combined with a classical sensibility, artist Oliver Jeffers is a purveyor of fine art surprises.
The Lerner fine generated some surprise on Long Island, where many, if not most, companies employ sales incentives of one kind or another.
I did not do so and this is clearly expressed in Black Rod's own statement," she wrote, later adding: "I said absolutely fine and expressed surprise that people had different guidance, given the event had been planned for such a long time, but not to worry".
I understand the desire to preserve a twist, but I would have been fine forgoing that surprise in order to have Harvey and/or Jessica walk each other through why it was OK in this instance to compromise their ethics (and maybe the fact that both of them went along with suborning perjury so easily was the hitch for me).
Within the epic sweep of history from ice age hunter gatherers to modern suburban householders, Pinker examines both the big picture and the fine detail, with surprises on every page.
