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4 Days in May

A Wehrmacht detachment was found close by, which was expecting transport for evacuation to Denmark.

Adam Smethurst

He has appeared in TV dramas including Casualty, Marple and Lewis, is the son of Love Thy Neighbour star Jack Smethurst, and is married to fellow actor Rakie Ayola, with whom he has one daughter and is expecting a second.

Andrea Barzagli

He was called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and, while not expecting to play at all, was deployed as a substitute in the second round match against Australia and again for a full 90 minutes in the quarter-final against Ukraine due to the suspension of Marco Materazzi.

Antoni Giełgud

Unable to return to Polish main forces at that time converging on Warsaw, he decided to head of Memel, where he was expecting to receive foreign reinforcements.

Battle of Missionary Ridge

An alternative view has been expressed by B. H. Liddell Hart, who contends that Sherman did not commit his entire force because he was expecting Bragg to attack him to dislodge the Union force from a threatening position.

Bény-sur-Mer

The locals were apparently amazed to have been liberated by fellow francophones, expecting only English-speaking troops.

Blair Richardson

Blair Richardson was the husband of Beverly (née MacDowell), who was expecting their first child, Lisa Richardson, at the time of his death.

Bobby Deerfield

Race-film fans, expecting another Grand Prix or Le Mans, were disappointed that the story did not play out on the race track; however, the action footage was filmed by racing cinematographers over the course of the 1976 Formula One season and features actual drivers, including Carlos Pace, Tom Pryce, James Hunt, Patrick Depailler and Mario Andretti.

Chemistro

He joins with the Hood's gang in an attack on the New Avengers, who were expecting the Dark Avengers instead.

Chinese Independent Churches

Pentecostalism stresses the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" and the use of supernatural spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in unknown tongues, and is fired by a strong millennialism (expecting the return of Christ at any moment; this feature was also characteristic of many others of the newer mission groups (especially Holiness and Adventist ones).

Cremation of Care

On July 15, 2000, Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Alex Jones and his cameraman, Mike Hanson, infiltrated the Bohemian Grove expecting to uncover the owl statue being worshipped as Moloch, with human sacrifices thrown into its fiery interior.

Daiichi Kosho Whisper

Daiichi Kosho, a Japanese electronics company, specializing in Karaoke equipment, decided to enter the paramotor market in circa 1993, expecting that it would become immensely popular and result in a mass market.

Day of Thirst

Expecting Muslim's imminent recall by the new regime, the Yemeni troops in Balkh initially refused to join the campaign, but were forced to join the army when a force composed of Mudaris (northern Arabs) under Nasr ibn Sayyar marched against them and defeated them at Baruqan.

Dead Lenny

A local New York City mobster, named Tony Thick (Armand Assante) is expecting $5 million in cash to be delivered by Lenny Long (Steven Bauer) from Los Angeles, but soon enough, he realizes that Lenny is missing, and it's unknown whether he is dead or he stole the money and ran away.

Deborah Day

She directed and co-wrote the film Expecting (2002), starring Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath which won Most Popular Canadian Film at the 2002 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 2004 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Director.

Ed Cullen

His most heart-warming essay concerns Christmas 1959, the last Christmas with his mother in which he failed to receive the shortwave radio that he was expecting.

Eugene Izzi

Bantam provided a substantial advance, expecting the title to rank Izzi alongside contemporaries like Elmore Leonard, Tony Hillerman, Sara Paretsky, and Ed McBain.

General German Workers' Association

He had been expecting many thousands to become members of the association, but by 1864 there were only 4,600; merging with the SDAP was the best option to gain influence.

Hermit of Mink Hollow

In the 30 Rock episode The C Word, show producer Liz Lemon tries to tell producer Pete Hornberger and writer Frank Rossitano that someone insulted her with a word that "rhymes with your favorite Todd Rundgren album," expecting them to say Runt.

Hero of Many

Player can see a text of words by Lao Tzu: "Bearing yet not possessing. Acting yet not expecting. Leading yet not dominating. This is the Primal Virtue."

Innocenti Mini

A "Minidue" had been rumored for some time, but most were expecting the fitment of a Moto Guzzi 650 cc V-twin engine, since Moto Guzzi was another company owned by de Tomaso at the time.

Jacqueline Logan

In the segment of the documentary about DeMille's The King of Kings (1927), in which Logan appeared, narrator James Mason can be heard mentioning Logan's name, with the viewer expecting to see Logan talking about the film, but her interview was never broadcast and is not in any of the home video versions of the series.

James J. Hill Sapphire

In 2007, the Society put the gem to auction through Christie's to raise funds for an endowment to preserve the James J. Hill House, originally expecting to see it sold for less than $100,000.

Jennifer Gambatese

In January 2009, it was announced that Jenn and her husband, Curtis Cregan, are expecting their first child together in May 2009.

Joël Bouchoucha

After a week on trial, Torquay manager Wes Saunders decided that Bouchoucha was not the target-man style forward (or even as tall as) he had been expecting and Bouchoucha returned to Nîmes.

Joseph Arch

Expecting fewer than thirty in the Stag's Head public house in Wellesbourne, Arch found on his arrival that there were over 2,000 agricultural labourers present to hear him speak, on a dark, wet, winter night, the labourers holding flickering lanterns on bean poles to illuminate the proceedings.

Joy Philbin

In August 2007 Regis and Joy Philbin announced that their daughter J.J. and her husband, television producer Michael Schur, were expecting their first child in February 2008.

Julian Moreton

These hardships are recorded in Moreton's book and in Bishop Edward Feild's reports to the S.P.G. For example, one account records Moreton visiting Deadman's Bay some 30 miles away from his home, walking for 16 miles along the shore, living on bread and butter with salted fish alone, and expecting only two good meals in nine days.

Kara Brock

Kara was actually pregnant during the taping of the series finale of The Parkers where her character announced she was expecting and the father may have been Freddy (Kel Mitchell).

Maltese general election, 2013

Following the preliminary result, in which Labour won 39 seats to 26 for the Nationalists, Labour party leader Joseph Muscat said from Naxxar: "I wasn't expecting such a landslide victory for Labour. We must all remain calm, tomorrow is another day."

Nikos Babaniotis

He was a starter in all of Greece's games during the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, forcing Liverpool F.C. keeper Dean Bouzanis, who had been expecting to start, to the bench.

Oliver Palotai

In early 2013, he and his long time girlfriend, Simone Simons, announced they were expecting their first child.

Phil Boersma

The final proved to be the lowest point of Phil's season, and probably career, expecting to get the nod for the substitute role he was overlooked for Chris Lawler, a full-back.

Pilar Rubio

On November 12, 2013, the presenter announced via the social networking she was expecting her first child next to Spanish footballer and his current partner Sergio Ramos.

Renn Hawkey

It was announced in April 2010 Hawkey and wife Vera Farmiga were expecting their second child, due in October.

SafeCatch

The method focuses attention in the guise of good customer service and allows bank tellers to rattle robbers, who generally try to remain anonymous and may not be expecting an overwhelmingly positive reaction to their robbery attempt, thereby possibly deterring them from going further with their plan.

Salem Vishnu

The character Salem Vishnu appreared as a convicted murderer expecting execution by hanging in Malayalam-language blockbuster New Delhi starring Mammootty was widely appreciated and this made Thiagarajan to direct the Tamil film titled Salem Vishnu which showcased the prequel story of his character and why he became a murderer.

Silent birth

The "silent birth" became a source of media interest when it was known that outspoken Scientologist actor Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes, who converted to Scientology from Roman Catholicism, were expecting a child.

Something Is Out There

"In the early episodes, we felt we had pulled our reins in too far. We discovered that many people were expecting an alien every week, because of the mini-series, and were being disappointed," said Ashley in an interview with Starlog during filming of the eighth episode.

Susan Haskell

When Haskell was expecting her second child with Kaye, the role of Marty was recast in November 2006 with Christina Chambers.

Take a Look in the Mirror

The band has admitted in interviews to writing this album at somewhat of a rushed pace, due to the sales of Untouchables not reaching the heights they were expecting, and having to write with the time restraint of being on that summer's Ozzfest tour.

Taxation in the Ottoman Empire

Orthodox churches were allowed to raise taxes among their communities; this led to a position where priests would pay very large amounts—to both church superiors and Ottoman officials—to get a senior post, expecting that the cost could be amply recouped from tithes.

The Chances

One is led by the Duke of Ferrara, the man Costantia was expecting to meet; the other is led by Petrucchio, the governor of Bologna and Costantia's brother.

The Stars' Tennis Balls

Next, Maddstone engineers events that lead Rufus Cade - who has by now had several failed marriages and is a regular drugs user - to unwittingly sell sherbet to a group of Turkish dealers expecting a large quantity of cocaine.

Tom Cleverley

In December 2012, Cleverley's girlfriend, former The Only Way Is Essex cast member Georgina Dorsett, announced on Twitter they were expecting their first child.

Triggertrap

"Part of the excitement about the Triggertrap", says its inventor, Haje Jan Kamps, "is that I have no idea what people are going to use it for. It's an incredibly versatile piece of photography kit, and because it is so easy to hack, I'm expecting creativity to go off the charts."

Twin Cities Rail Transport

In 1948, a Wall Street speculator named Charles Green bought 6000 shares of TCRT stock, expecting to make a quick profit.


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