Longtime regime opponents, too, were caught off guard.

I was caught off guard when Stephen Colbert asked me a profound question, a profound question.

Suddenly, however, this secular commitment is no longer so clear.

The revolts themselves caught seasoned observers, even Arab leaders, off guard.

When Yes Means No

The main advantage of going through an official rationing is that people are able to know when and at what time they ll have their water interrupted so they can take precautions and are not caught by surprise.

Early on the morning of 26 June, however, two speedboats appeared from nowhere and seized the ship and crew, after menacing them with rifle fire.

Please get in touch with me when you come to Tokyo.

Indeed, Colombia s Juan Manuel Santos Calderón and Brazil s Dilma Rousseff both skilled and experienced politicians were utterly unprepared for their countries protests.

By its own admission, Al Qaeda has been caught off guard, no doubt because the group s central argument has been that the fall of oppressive Arab governments could come only through violence.

It is in rebuilding Gaza that the stakes of the competition will increase.

But hey, sometimes these things are sent to you and you just have to take them when they come.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's announcement that he plans to dismantle Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, as well as some settlements in the West Bank, has shocked and caught people off guard both in Israel and around the world.

In the Gambia, most maids came from other countries, on a seasonal basis, when they were not needed for rural tasks.

Invaded by surprise by the Imperial German Army, which was approximately 600,000 men strong, the small, ill equipped, 117,000 strong Belgian army succeeded, for ten days, in holding the German army in front of Liège in 1914.

When what was a tranquil sea swallows up people, homes and long tail boats mercilessly, without warning and no one can tell you anything reliable about whether another one is coming, I'm not sure you'd want to calm down either.

You come from a place where there is war, and someone welcomes you, he says. To you, he seems like a really good person.

Large anti Japan demonstrations took place Saturday afternoon in the cities of Xi'an, Chengdu and Zhengzhou reportedly organized by university groups over the Internet through QQ and other social networking sites , the protests have taken many by surprise.

Longtime regime opponents, too, were caught off guard. For days after Egypt erupted, the Muslim Brotherhood did not know how to react, making it seem out of touch with the Arab street.

Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice and those who hear will live.

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live.

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

PARIS Why do revolutions so often take professional diplomats by surprise? Is there something in their DNA that makes them prefer the status quo so much that, more often than not, they are taken aback by rapid changes, neither foreseeing them nor knowing how to respond once they begin?

But, while the results of the tests may be good for the financial sector, they may be bad for the real economy.

Dying is hard. But it is our fate as humans, and it is usually accepted with dignity when the hour comes.

Hatoyama makes no economic sense in declaring that growth is important but that happiness comes first.

On the Republican side, hacks, spin masters, and many people who ought to have known better suddenly developed an extraordinary appreciation for something called the CPS Household Survey of Employment as a supposed guide to month to month changes in the labor market.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.

For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

Better late than never.

Referencing Steven Johnson's very lovely speech yesterday on where ideas come from, I was in the shower at the time I was alone.

On the other hand, too much rainfall can be as bad as too little, especially when it comes out of season.

Now, I guarantee that about 85 percent of you, or maybe it's fewer at TED, will have said it comes out of the ground. And some people, probably two of you, will come up and argue with me afterwards, and say that actually, it comes out of the ground.

Yes, she'll probably come home.

Now, the Moon has no atmosphere, so micrometeorites come in continuously, and the whole surface of the Moon is covered with powder now, because for four billion years it's been bombarded by micrometeorites, and when micrometeorites come in at about 20 to 60,000 miles an hour, they vaporize on contact.

Where does it come from?

She might come tomorrow.

Democracy Comes Second

Why didn't you come?

Otherwise, consequences follow.

He said to the disciples, It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come but woe unto him, through whom they come!