As the more than 1.1 percentage point increase in 10 year Treasury yields over the past year indicates, markets have an uncanny knack for discounting glacial events in a short period of time.

The palu also had an uncanny ability to forecast weather conditions days in advance.

Many commercially available computer programs can be set to mimic the styles of top grandmasters to an extent that is almost uncanny.

Since the days of Deng, China has had an uncanny ability to rise to the occasion and meet its challenges head on.

Illustrious jugglers the Raspyni Brothers show off their uncanny balance, agility, coordination and willingness to sacrifice . Now, if you'll just stand completely still...

What is uncanny about the current debate about Afghanistan is the degree to which it displays continuity with the Vietnam debates, and the Obama administration knows it.

Indeed, it has repeatedly shown a knack for disaggregating its strategy into multiple parts and then pursuing each element separately in such a manner as to allow the different pieces to fall into place with minimal resistance.

President George W. Bush has an uncanny ability not to see the big message. For years, it has become increasingly clear that much is amiss with his energy policy.

As Maggie McMillan of the International Food Policy Research Institute has shown, there is an uncanny negative correlation across individual manufacturing industries between employment changes in China and the US.

Finally, Hu, Wen, and the rest of the top leadership have turned themselves into superb firefighters with an uncanny ability to, in Party parlance, nip the seeds of opposition before they sprout.

Musical innovator Andrew Bird winds together his trademark violin technique with xylophone, vocals and sophisticated electronic looping. Add in his uncanny ability to whistle anything, and he becomes a riveting one man orchestra.

The report observes that, during the year, new challenges and threats heightened international concern about weapons of mass destruction, an uncanny presaging of the High level Plenary Meeting outcome document, which speaks volumes about that subject by not saying a word.