The Senate also approved the governor's last minute surprise appointment of Joe Lhota to head the MTA in the face of a mounting downstate transit crisis. (nystateofpolitics.com)
«Kiki», who got his nickname from his long stint at German football back in the 1990s, was a somewhat surprising appointment from the club's board, which have probably decided to turn him into a «new» Dmitri Alenichev, the man who changed the football in Tula forever. (russianfootballnews.com)
Tribune touted Beutner as a nontraditional publisher — a find pulled out of the worlds of both private equity smarts and deep local and civic connection in L.A. — when his surprising appointment was announced. (newsonomics.com)