They read dispositive motions like novels, hoping to be
surprised by each paragraph and each page.
Not exact matches
A
surprise non-nominee (and I have to be honest I actually started this
paragraph by listing him as a nominee) was Ben Affleck, the director of «Argo.»
Such
paragraphs often recount a singularly unusual event, something
surprising or startling, something that reveals depths in character or situation
by a flash, like lightning.