But in American politics, surprisingly, there has been progress.

Surprisingly, however, this issue has been entirely absent from current global debates on financial reform.

But it is surprising when these people accuse participants in the Prague Spring and the democratic opposition of links with communism.

Companies and investors are hedging their bets by taking a few resource efficiency measures and investing in some low carbon assets, but leaving their high carbon portfolios and activities largely intact.

It's incredible that we actually lived through all that.

It's no surprise that his health has grown worse since his return.

The amazing thing about the cell is that it actually does maintain a fairly stable working relationship with other cells, but we don't know why.

It is no surprise that the US has not won their support.

But looking around the world at the diversity of humans, he said, Well, you know, we seem to come in discreet sub species or categories.

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Not surprisingly, foreign investors no longer favor Putin s Russia.

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So it is no great surprise that Hamas rejected the Quartet s conditions.

Surprisingly, buildings account for about one third of global energy use.

Surprisingly, however, when telephone interviews were included in the process, beautiful people did better, even though they were unseen by the employers.

But it is no surprise that coming to terms with history can be damnably difficult.

Not surprisingly, the economy began to overheat.

Sen, not surprisingly, is a trenchant critic of the Asian values school.

In the current crisis, popular anger is no surprise directed against bankers.

So it should be no surprise that most of these wounded girls and women keep silent.

Not surprisingly, the proposal has received wide support throughout the United Nations.

Little wonder that academics across the political spectrum have expressed considerable skepticism.

Not surprisingly, Iraq s child workers suffer from a wide array of serious health problems.

So, it's wonderful. We evolved this very protective, wonderful covering of melanin.

And amazingly, that evolution sustains the trajectory that biological evolution had established toward greater complexity.

Not surprisingly, the atmosphere at this year s World Economic Forum was grim.

Little wonder that academics across the political spectrum have expressed considerable skepticism.

Small wonder that when the sub prime market blew up, these markets also froze.

One should not blame anyone today for such behavior. But it is surprising when these people accuse participants in the Prague Spring and the democratic opposition of links with communism.

Perhaps not surprisingly, acts of exclusion, segregation, and violence often go unpunished.

It is accordingly not surprising that in the area of health, the patent system, with all of its distortions, has failed in so many ways.

The French left, not surprisingly, rejects Sarkozy s Atlanticist impulses and frequently charge him with betraying General de Gaulle s legacy. The majority of French people, however, appear to favor improving ties with the US.

It's amazing when you meet a head of state, and you say, What is your most precious natural resource?

Surprisingly, prices rebounded in some places in 2009.

So it is small surprise that he left office with more than 75 popular support.

It is therefore surprising that Medvedev should be hailed by so many in the West as a liberal.

It is no surprise that corrupt regimes routinely clamp down on the press, trade unions, and on professional associations.

Most of the 80 test subjects complied without complaint.

There are, no surprise, commonalities between China and the eurozone.

It is not surprising, then, that ten years later, there has been no fundamental reform.

His followers, unsurprisingly, cling to his parting promise to return to Liberia.

Russia s leaders have earned a reputation for being unreliable, quixotic, and unpredictable, but markets like trustworthiness, stability, and predictability. Not surprisingly, foreign investors no longer favor Putin s Russia.

The teachers are as diverse as the student body, and the amazing thing is that volunteers are popping up.

It is fascinating to note how our discussions in different forums become increasingly intertwined.

It comes as no surprise, then, to read in theArab News that Bashir s warrant reeks of hypocrisy. Where, indeed, are the arrest warrants for Bush and Cheney?