The skaters also had a surprising ability to conserve energy.
Stirling, perfectly sour and poised in the stronger part, also reveals a surprising ability to clown.
This surprising ability to unite traditional and modern will define next year's centenary of the first world war.
But politicians have already demonstrated a surprising ability to force the commission to change course, despite the implications for its independence.
It is ironic, then, that his greatest achievement may stem from his surprising ability to work coöperatively with other leaders and help everyone negotiate achievable goals.
The key idea in the book is that simple, byte-size programs have the surprising ability to produce endlessly intricate behavior.
Life, for Mr. Lawrence, is a coin which has both obverse and reverse; so it is for most people, but his unusual art consists in his surprising ability to illuminate both sides simultaneously.
But mostly it is a story about the value of friendship, about how very, very powerful tycoons like Redstone have the surprising ability to transcend their own egos and see each other, eye to eye, as human beings.
Despite his obscure link to the man in tights, and the bombastic middle name "Jupiter", David is devoid of secret superhero skills - apart from the surprising ability to tell the shape of a girl's bum by her face.
