Alex Ripp '08 reflected that her trip to an island off the coast of Maine with a group of 15, including many friends and friends, succeeded unexpectedly in allaying graduation anxiety.
Her husband became heir to the dukedom on the death of his brother in 1944 and succeeded unexpectedly early when his father died in 1950, 14 weeks before the date on which the estates would have escaped 80% death duties.
When confronted with a challenge--particularly one where I don't have the guts or patience to do the traditional, expected thing--I will come up with some crazy end-around that can unexpectedly succeed.
Mrs. Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union party had been rife with speculation over who would succeed Horst Köhler, who resigned unexpectedly Monday.
Though the promotion of Mr. Heekin to succeed Mr. Schmetterer came unexpectedly, Mr. Heekin said it had been promised to him when he joined Euro RSCG last year, adding, "I just didn't know when".
But 25 years later Dr. Rich unexpectedly succeeded.
Then there are the inverse moments, when a show unexpectedly succeeds in capturing our loyalty, or at least in heightening our attention.
Mr. Krzanich, who is the company's chief operating officer and is an expert in running big chip factories, will become Intel's sixth chief executive on May 16, succeeding Paul S. Otellini, who unexpectedly announced his retirement last November.
It was an artificial concept that unexpectedly succeeded marvelously because each segment featured lively crisp dancing that accented not only the differences among the forms but also within each style.
Mr. Williams unexpectedly succeeded in uniting various strands of antigovernment discontent over such things as waiting lines in National Health Service hospitals, paltry pension increases, falling farm prices, lengthening commercial red tape and rising taxes.
Rhodri, who has died aged 77, towered over the Welsh political world from the day in 2000 when he unexpectedly succeeded to the leadership of the national assembly for Wales, a job he had been denied by his own party on two previous occasions.
