21.   Caught by surprise, the government countered that the Soviets apparently were deliberately mixing in pollen with their chemical agents, in order to enhance their poisonous effect.

22.   Caught by surprise, manufacturing companies have watched their inventories soar.

23.   Company officials said they were caught by surprise by the stubbornly high level of delinquencies, which they had predicted would stabilize in the second half of the year.

24.   Fabregas said he was caught by surprise when Angels manager Mike Scioscia told him before the game he was in the starting lineup.

25.   Gailey admittedly was caught by surprise last week when he learned that Warren had left camp to visit Dr. Michael Leahy in Colorado Springs.

26.   Gatling was caught by surprise.

27.   He was caught by surprise.

28.   Herbert V. Kohler Jr., chairman of the Kohler Co., was caught by surprise when the economic slowdown hit last fall.

29.   His staff was caught by surprise.

30.   Hyde replied that Clinton was not being caught by surprise.