31.   If Democrats do take back the House, a re-elected Clinton could find some unpleasant surprises waiting for him there.

32.   Instead, insurers have been absorbing the claims on a pay-as-you-go basis, leaving shareholders vulnerable to unpleasant surprises.

33.   Investors say unpleasant surprises, such as more revelations about the extent of bad loans at individual banks, could prompt them to dump more shares.

34.   It reminded Germans that millions of pages of Stasi records have not yet been reviewed, and that more unpleasant surprises are likely when they are opened.

35.   It was an unpleasant surprise but not a shock.

36.   Just as the report was an unpleasant surprise for you, your dissatisfaction is going to be an equally unpleasant surprise for your employee.

37.   Ken Hitchcock said an unpleasant surprise greeted him at practice yesterday.

38.   Leaving out major items will only result in an unpleasant surprise at the other end.

39.   Manager Kevin Kennedy said the extent of the damage came as a most unpleasant surprise.

40.   No, senior citizens learned long ago that the American zeitgeist has some unpleasant surprises.