1.   The decision mildly surprised analysts because anti-India militants had not reciprocated it.

2.   The decision does not surprise USC officials.

3.   The decision surprised many in the museum world, who had assumed she would choose the Hirshhorn.

4.   The decision did not surprise most economists, who had predicted that the bank would not open the monetary spigot just yet.

5.   The decision surprised some antitrust experts who expected the new administration to drop the case after the court defeat.

6.   The decision surprised some.

7.   The decision surprised the congressman, a former civil rights leader.

8.   The decision surprised some analysts.

9.   The decision surprised some arriving employees.

10.   The DTE decision surprised some indpendent phone companies like RNK Inc., a Stoughton, Mass. carrier that transfers Bell Atlantic calls.