There are still three other, smaller rightwing parties Netanyahu could call on to join him, although he has run into unexpectedly sharp policy differences, particularly over religious issues, such as conversion to Judaism and civil marriages.
Though he comes across as charming and agreeable, there are still traces of the awkward boy he says he once was, a hint of discomfort in the smile he gives a student he runs into unexpectedly, a longstanding dread of parties ("unless they like psychology or magic tricks, in which case I'd come alive," he said).
It is heartening to see that the Republicans who had hoped to score political points today by holding a Senate vote on adding a ban on same-sex marriage to the Constitution have run into unexpectedly broad resistance across the ideological spectrum.
But that's part of the allure — running into people unexpectedly.
When you run into one unexpectedly out on the ice, your major emotion is fear--at least until you are far enough away to safely appreciate its beauty.
LONDON — When Gill Hicks unexpectedly ran into the police officer who helped save her life 10 years ago, the tears came quickly.
He unexpectedly ran into the President soon after he crossed the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, and the two men sat down to chat.
While Halpin and Greszko were on the Grand, they unexpectedly ran into another duo who had come up from Utah to attempt the same feat.
Just as Lewis Hamilton's car unexpectedly ran into the gravel and limped out of last year's Chinese grand prix, so ITV's interlude as the home of formula one coverage ground to an untimely halt last week.
On Sixty-first Street, I unexpectedly ran into Yoko Ono, one of the most radical protesters of the past century and a beacon for anyone interested in upending power.
He said that about a week after the boy vanished, he came down to the building from his home on the Upper East Side and unexpectedly ran into Etan's mother, Julie, who he said brought him upstairs and handed him fliers to distribute.
