THE plight of the poor is perhaps the most surprising issue in this year's campaign.
They have been brought into sharp focus now by a surprising issue: the way the death penalty is administered in Texas.
In response, Beatrice Merrick, chief executive of the British Association for Early Childhood Education, said: "This is a surprising issue for the education secretary to pick for her first intervention in early years policy, given that there is no evidence as far as I am aware of extremist values being promoted in nurseries.
With the advent of nuclear war in dense, compact cities in the Middle East, the actual impact of nuclear yield is an interesting and perhaps surprising issue.
Another surprising issue is that adoptees with COPD in their adoptive parents (but not biological parents) were not at an increased COPD risk (table 2), given the fact that smoking in the family is a risk factor for COPD (shared environment, passive smoking, shared values and habits, parental guidance, etc).
This exercise would yield a surprising result: eurobonds issued by a eurozone that excludes Germany would still compare favorably with those of the US, UK and Japan.
On a surprising number of issues there is consensus.
We have found that on a surprising number of issues, from gun control to balancing work and family, parents are remarkably unified.
In a lecture in the Old Senate Chamber, Senator Baker advised us: "Have a genuine and decent respect for differing points of view... remember that even members of the opposition party are susceptible to persuasion and redemption on a surprising number of issues".
Instead of just focusing on our differences, we need to acknowledge the surprising number of important issues on which we agree.
