11.   Imagine his surprise at being told Kim was too busy in the countryside helping Korean villagers to bother meeting a former American president.

12.   Imagine the surprise of the Sacramento Kings last week when they discovered their first-round draft pick, Corliss Williamson,underwent surgery for a herniated disc.

13.   Imagine their surprise.

14.   Imagine my surprise!

15.   Imagine my surprise, then, upon receiving a just-published trade paperback edition of a Henry Blake Fuller novel, under the discriminating Turtle Point Press imprint.

16.   Imagine our surprise when instead we found a pair of dowsing rods.

17.   Imagine our surprise when we learned that Romano feels the same way.

18.   Imagine their surprise when they realized a group of fans from Kentucky were standing and applauding THEM.

19.   Imagine my surprise when I heard the governor last month extolling the virtues of the market system in the public school system.

20.   Imagine my surprise when, last week, I did exactly that.