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.

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.

At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

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.

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.

The name of that place was called Taberah , because Yahweh's fire burnt among them.

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned I spoke with my tongue

And he called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned then spake I with my tongue,

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.

And I really want to spark their imaginations the way mine was sparked as a little girl watching Star Wars.

1875 The Lakota war begins over the violation of the Fort Laramie Treaty.

Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it.

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.

The numbers of Soviet partisans quickly caught up and were very similar to that of the Polish resistance.

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.

More recently, in 2009, the border issue flared again.

The Voice warns Magna that if he does not follow the instructions or is caught, Leanne will die.

It was only about an hour and a half away from me, and it caught fire about four years ago. It's around Westley, California, around Modesto.

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?

Despite this news blackout, China s blogosphere and microblogs exploded after Liu was announced as the winner.

For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol , Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Mr. Frans expressed his deep concern about the recent housing fires in Paris.

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.

The Syrian revolution started in March 2011. The pro democracy protests eventually spread to Damascus, close to the Yarmouk camp.

A female caught in April was pregnant with three embryos, which were about 12 mm (0.47 in) long.

Netizens around the world today commemorate the first anniversary of the Arab revolution, sparked by the self immolation of fruit and vegetable vendor Mohammed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia.

The Ontario buyers of a Belgian tractor brought suit against the vendor in Ontario after the tractor caught fire and burned while being used by the plaintiffs.

Kenya is aflame after a presidential election on December 27 widely believed to have been rigged to secure the re election of Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki s opponents took to the streets, the government issued shoot to kill orders, and hundreds have died at the hands of the police as well as from gang rampages and inter ethnic violence.

Despite this news blackout, China s blogosphere and microblogs exploded after Liu was announced as the winner. For example, on Sina s microblog site, bloggers used pictures, euphemisms, and English or traditional Chinese characters to avoid censorship.

Back to the DFS. A huge chemical depot caught fire, thousands of drums filled with petrochemicals were blazing away and exploding all around us.

For example, opening a hard disk drive in a normal environment can allow airborne dust to settle on the platter and become caught between the platter and the read write head, causing new head crashes that further damage the platter and thus compromise the recovery process.

Sorceress, tranced, ecstatic, stock still on the sidewalk ragged coat hanging agape, passersby flowing around her, her mouth torn suddenly open as though in a scream, silently though, as though only in her brain or breast had it erupted.

The protests started after the Palestinian Authority declared an increase of about 8 in fuel and petrol prices in the West Bank, starting from the beginning of September.