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But he is seen from a striking angle, as though Dali were looking down on him from above his head.

Even with a more progressive White House, striking a meaningful deal in two years will be tough.

What's striking about Spain, from an American perspective, is how much its economic story resembles our own.

One of the most striking examples of the pattern was evident in New Guinea, said the scientists.

They were both striking, and strikingly like a luxed-up version of the designer's ready-to-wear.

In her day Friedel was a striking beauty, and that glamour and grace is still evident today.

It fills out on the palate, striking a fine balance between blackberry and bilberry fruit and leaving an impression of lush fullness.

As he walked along the row of seats and tables a striking woman in a trim burgundy suit followed him with her gaze.

Former classmates are happy to recall that Anna was the most striking girl in their group: "It was instantly clear that she would go far. "

The elder twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking personality, decided that he would take up the stage as a career.

Let me make a more striking claim: even if you won, it would be unlikely to save you from financial trouble.

Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected from the boat, he landed back end first on an old fence post.

and whenever he drew near the boat, we asked him if he would row, striking a few strokes to slide her away from him.

But just as striking is how much men and women agree on issues that divided them a generation ago.

In April, a New York court ruled that there was no constitutional problem with striking hunters from a jury for a case involving hunting.

And I imagine it was a heck of a surprise when the striking postman knocked on her door and told her that Van Gogh lived here.

The hint of a link tarnished Scargill and yet trust of him amongst striking miners remained firm.

The Hubble image shows an intricate central region and a striking tail that extends diagonally towards the bottom-right of the image.

But recent studies have found a striking overlap between these areas and brain regions that are activated when you think about the future.

To think of your striking a stuffed man, like the poor Scarecrow!

Indeed, it has been striking how secular, or at least ecumenical, the uprising in Syria has so far been.

The last is all the more striking as neighbours to the north race to attract business.

Pictured above is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that might be described as a gigantic alien fairy.

And yet, watching the proceedings in New York, what is striking is not so much the power of the international community as its impotence.

Back in California, the Giants are suffering their usual late season collapse. A week ago they were in striking distance of first place.

The company's proceeds from such a film, however, will depend on striking a licensing deal with the singer's estate.

He chose one large stone and began to use it like a hammer striking the edge of the scraper that needed sharpening.

The parallels with the Avandia situation are striking, demonstrating the difficulty of trying to assess drug safety issues.

John, dabbing at an injury on his chin that wouldn't stop bleeding, walked in on his wife striking the man on his head with a wooden spoon.

Will she bathe in his blood, do you think, or content herself with striking off his head?

No doubt the causation runs both ways, but one striking result is that the proprietor's identity seems to make no difference to the bias.

But what was striking about this international festival of management was the almost complete absence of managers.

A recent article in a weekly newspaper, was headed with a striking caption of a lady in a state of considerable distress.

I know if I were him, I would have no difficulties in accomplishing the exhortations of the family, and I would be a striking figure.

It was a visionary speech and it is striking how much of the communications revolution he predicted was subsequently delivered.

It looked striking and was better cheaper than a Golf Cabriolet but not up to Volkswagen standards in terms of quality or ability.

Striking the ground with the smaller area near the front of the foot is less forceful and does less damage than landing square on your heel.

Ticket revenue has continued to climb by about 2% this year, a modest figure, but a striking achievement in the midst of a recession.

A year later Lashkar remains a potent force, capable of striking Indian as well as Western targets.

When I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another thought to any of you.

Dr Norbert Riedel, chief scientific officer of the company, said that the early results had been "striking" .

Sit-ins, or sit-downs, had been used by striking workers worldwide for years. But the idea was new to the civil rights movement.

The final bill was always assumed to be lower, though how much lower has become ever more striking.

Kratos looks to the other side of the ship to see a row of undead archers striking down ship men that are trying to take cover.

She was known for her striking personality, her sharp intelligence and her alliances with the two most powerful men of her time.

Once with within striking distance, they bound in among the startled animals, knock one down and kill it with a bite to the neck or throat.

But what is striking, said the studio that took the pictures, is that Mr. Remis's wedding took place in 2003 and he waited six years to sue.

a young man, for instance, will not strike an old man, because he might be striking his father.

They said the manager of its striking Guangzhou plant was a Japanese expatriate.

Skilling said he never considered striking a deal with prosecutors because he believed he had done nothing wrong.

He is too tall, and has never been able to avoid striking his head on the low doorway.

Even more striking was the dessert, concocted out of the lurid and astringent juice of the sea-buckthorn berry.

In fact, the willingness to experiment is one of the most striking features, and it seems to be rooted in confidence rather than security.

I first saw her in the cafeteria when to scan a week found a particularly striking among people face, then some amazing cold.

The child fell over, striking his head against the wall.

The child fell , striking his head against the door and cutting it .

If you want to be more like the people you worship, then follow their lead by striking out on your own.

There can be no doubt that the growth in advertisement is one of the most striking features of the western world in this century.

Agustin walked over to him and, striking quickly with the side of his hand, knocked the cup out of his hand.

What was striking, though, was the absence of any reaction. None of the 30 people in the class so much as winced.

With all that hair suddenly covered, I realized how striking long hair can be -- how it really does grab a man's attention.

Indeed, until the eighteenth century one of the most striking characteristics of the British monarchy was its instability.

The contrast of these symbols of life and springtime next to a symbol of death was so striking, I decided to take a photograph of it.

One of the most striking parts of this trip is seeing how much China has changed.

But the decline is so broad and so striking that it would be presumptuous of me to take responsibility for it.

The child fell, striking his head against the door.

What is particularly striking about this offer is just how much money Warner Music's investors stand to make.

Striking out on her own, she worked with a preacher to convert prostitutes to Christianity and lived in a progressive communal home.

He said the lending to foreign firms was especially striking and demanded 'an extensive look. '

Yet the striking feature of the latest protest movement is that this time the rebellious forces are on the side of conservatism.

In addition to its spiral dust lanes, striking tendrils of dust seem to be rising from the galactic disk in this gorgeous view.

'They're using hatred of the outside world to inspire people to work harder, ' he said. 'The extent of it is quite striking. '

She was famous for her striking beauty, violet eyes and shining black hair.

The striking self-regard and individual brilliance which had taken Maradona to the top now began to push him into trouble.

'He said he'd been looking at his striking options and thought that if I stayed fit then I could be a big asset to the team.

There was a black mini dress made of a leatherette material that was very striking, tall boots and a long white scarf with a rabbit.

The publicity is in striking contrast to the many lawyers who have been quietly rounded up in a recent political crackdown.

Price played a striking role in social economy and was one of the concrete forms that human essential power was externally transformed.

The new visual culture is one of the most striking features and tends to the visual sex itself is not the things to visualize.

you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

"People are striking at me as if we are at war, " she said, adding pointedly, "up to now, I thought I was on the same side as government. "

It is a striking sign of the temper of our times that the controversy about this passage centered on its origin and not on its content.

A striking silhouette shows off the lithe form of a cheetah approaching a tree for a late afternoon slumber.

The public's resolve to preserve Norway's cherished freedom, openness and tolerance was as striking as the grief.

So sudden, so striking was the news that I sat motionless on sofa for a few minutes.

Equally striking has been a wave of lay-offs at much smaller start-up companies, which are bracing themselves for a coming recession.

Striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound he could neither ignore nor understand.

If one single prayer can cause such a striking difference in feelings, then what could prayer over a period of time do for a relationship?

Perhaps the most striking thing about Mr Jobs's reign, however, was his ability to see beyond the business that rivals were fixated on.

And her mother had imparted enough of her own deportment to prevent any striking or offensive vulgarity of manner.

The R& D disparity is all the more striking given China's three seemingly major advantages over India.

The eyes are the windows of the soul, not to mention one of your most striking facial features.

The striking before-and-after photographs showing the disappearance of glaciers around the world shocked me out of my doubting stance.

Also striking has been how closely the riskiness of banks correlates with that of sovereigns.

A few years ago a striking Christmas card was published, with the title, "If Christ had not come. "

One example of such a striking shift was the changeover to jet engines in commercial aircraft.

Sinister forces, however, were rapidly transforming Europe into a powder magazine , which would explode on the striking of the small spark.

Thousands of Chinese have streamed into the quake region or donated record sums of money in a striking and unscripted public response.

Of course rules are meant to be broken - but I find that unless it's a very striking image that the rule of thirds usually works here.

An ad campaign with striking visuals; trying to capture a poem in a cinematic visual.

"It's the most striking blue lobster I have seen in my 30 years in the business and was too nice to put in a pot and boil, " he said.

And when he saw one of them being wronged, he defended him, and he avenged him who was being oppressed by striking the Egyptian dead.

Then it was just a matter of runway striking to keep them on the ground.

One of the most striking phenomena of vision is the dark adaptation of the eye.

There have been striking gains since the Communists opened the system to private enterprise more than two decades ago.

And in striking contrast to the two bigger deals, which are bogged down in legal and political quagmires , it is likely to proceed smoothly.

The most striking case is Russia, which has had the benefit of a huge positive terms of trade shock thanks to a surge in energy prices.

The check pattern varies in size and covers the whole shoe both inside and out, resulting in an extremely striking pair of kicks.

The using of impressionism and symbolism skills is a striking feature in her story Bliss, which also made it have a rich sense of modernism.

They face up to the challenge with their talents and stand in an advantageous position during the rapid and striking developing era.

Tess's sense of her striking appearance had given her a flush of excitement, which was yet not happiness.

Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me.

The special relationship between the United States and Britain in contemporary international relations is a very striking phenomenon.

Matchbook: A small cardboard folder containing safety matches and having a striking surface along the bottom .

This striking phenomenon may be referred to as the scintillating grid illusion.

What's striking, in fact, is not that lying is so prevalent in society, but that we assume total honesty is always within our reach.

Yet the synchronisation and speed with which exports from countries across the world have plummeted is striking.

By themselves, of course, the numbers prove nothing, but the number of changed answers is striking.

A neck-lift (on its own or with a face lift) remains the best bet for a striking, lasting fix.

My way of striking the ball is a bit strange, difficult, you have to have a knack for it .

Just be sure to read the other tips below before striking out on your own.

He was impressed by the striking difference between the behavior of true believers and those who did not have faith in Christ.

It is striking that such a reminder should even be necessary in a state that once symbolised optimism.

Afghanistan. Are we, at the moment, striking back? And if so, is the target Osama bin Laden and his organization?

That was a bad place to go striking. You might have broken your leg.

Like a giant laser striking the Earth from space, this image looks like the first attack in an alien invasion.

Some of the similarities are striking, right down to the long-running federal antitrust suits that both companies endured.

In all the most striking events of his life so far, this burly, garrulous figure had been beside him.

One of the most striking images I witnessed at the demonstration was a young black man holding a sign that read "End NYPD Violence! "

Though she was beautiful -- with a striking face with one blue and one red eye -- her chilling demeanor was anything but inviting.

The determination of striking sequence among the found multiple targets depends on the battlefield value of each target.

One striking example of this was the scrap that activist investors went through with VNU, the Dutch business information group.

But Lampard acknowledges there will be the 'Shearer effect' to overcome as the former United striking legend steps out to a hero's welcome.

In striking contrast to what selfish income maximizers ought to do, most people all over the world place a high value on fair outcomes.

The striking quilted rubber envelope is a first and a technique never seen before in the UK or anywhere else for that matter.

Visitors can enjoy the striking artistry of these quilts as well as the extraordinary skill of the women who made them.

A Denso executive in Beijing said the factory raised wages in April, but striking workers are demanding a bigger increase.

And the rest of the country is likely to follow suit soon, as the crustacean now appears to be striking out from its bridgehead.

Prum said this dinosaur had the kind of coloration you might find today on a particularly striking turkey or chicken.

What's striking about this recent flurry of activity is how at odds it is with current investor sentiment in the U.

The most striking gains have come in the United States, where China has displaced Canada this year as the largest supplier of imports.

Chime: an apparatus FOR striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.

The emergence of mesoscopic physics has led to the discovery of many striking new phenomena in solid state physics in the last two decades.

No pain was more striking than a patch of green stood out in ruins.

Those young men had not a notion of French, and could speak on no subject with striking knowledge.

Now, following in her big sis' footsteps, the striking Charlotte has a glamorous photo shoot of her own.

They are just a few minutes away from the Reichstag and the striking glass and concrete structures of the government quarter.

The child fell, striking head against the door and cutting it.

Police blamed striking miners for inciting violence leading up to the police shooting.

The characteristics of this process is of good product quality, low cost and striking economic efficiency etc.

A stroke is the forward movement of the club made with the intention of striking at and moving the ball -- see Definition of "Stroke. "

His love of good design has always been the most striking aspect of Jobs' celebrated speeches introducing new Apple products.

But most striking were the wide amber eyes, so like his own, that regarded him with intelligence and without fear.

Overnight, Mr. Zende became one of Mumbai's new heroes, their humanity all the more striking in the face of the inhumanity of the gunmen.

What is striking about the global cost-abatement curve is what a bargain it seems to be to lower emissions by protecting rainforests.

"Drive with care" , if the word is not striking, just change the word into "take care of your driving license" .

This was described as a "striking discrepancy" by Professor Alain de Janvry, one of the report's authors.

Standing at the bank of the Ontario, the 533. 34-meter Toronto Television Mast is identified as the symbol of Toronto and is very striking.

But as The Economist went to press, they too seemed to be on the verge of striking a deal, just as the derisive Mr Erdogan had predicted.

One of the most striking findings, Fox said, was how incredibly slowly the stomach empties a cheese fondue meal, no matter what you drink.

If possible , you may as well put the most striking paragraph at the beginning.

A glowing blue sword reigns down from the sky, striking the ground a distance away with a great force.

Her form, though not so correct as her sister's in having the advantage of height, was more striking.

Part of the first act took place in a striking forest of thin white trees.

It does not refer to a general familiarity with the stories but a striking point that make a lasting impression in our mind.

For Chinese, striking the balance between state intervention and a destiny decided by free market forces can be distinctly difficult.

After striking out on his own, Mr. Jackson's fame grew.

It was a striking indication of the increasingly strong two-way traffic between the two countries.

The energy in sunlight striking the earth for 40 minutes is equivalent to global energy consumption for a year.

The rapid rise in the cost of living has fuelled labour unrest, with factory workers striking for higher wages to help them make ends meet.

At last, it summarizes this article and hopes that this article can do a pygmy effort for preventing and striking duty crime.

This may have been for my benefit, knowing that I was a journalist, but it was striking nonetheless.

Still, the entire technology sector has been caught up in ennui and indecision of late when it comes to striking mergers .

The most striking thing about this document was its vision of a networked family of UAS.

Most striking was the Supreme Constitutional Court, a structure originally designed to keep the rest of the judiciary in check.

The sun was striking in at the great windows of the court.

For me, the most striking aspect of the visit was the contrast between the men and the boys at the shelter.

Tina bears a striking resemblance to her mother.

Some striking examples of this are the group of invertible linear maps or matrices, and the ring of linear maps of a vector space.

Some leaving before passengers got off the ship. It eventually sank after striking rocks off an island in the Aegean Sea.

Soft grey suede toward the back, and green suede on the forefoot, with the same colour on the midsole makes for a striking, simple look.

The selected photography in the packaging re-design was key in striking this emotional chord at the point of purchase.

A simple process allows you to use six striking fonts on computers running Windows Vista or OSX (Apple Macs operating system).

Initially at least, the similarities do appear to be striking.

Perhaps the most striking aspect of this computer is that it is so easy to use.

The most striking find of the study was that the women often picked the men who had the strongest immune systems.

By striking deals with politicians, he was able to negotiate monopolies that he could never have attained in the marketplace.

the material which bears such a striking resemblance to her own lived experiences.

Tangka , remaining a mysterious art, attracts people with its rich imagination, careful layout, striking colours and meticulous paintings.

Li Bai is best known for the extravagant imagination and striking Taoist imagery in his poetry, as well as for his great love for liquor.

Even more striking is the claim made by the Duke researchers that patent exclusivity is not necessary to spur innovation in genetic testing.

The result was striking and held true irrespective of social background, said the researchers.

Over the past three months, we have been remarkably close to striking a deal, only to have the potential buyer get cold feet.

Due to this striking morphology, RG have long been thought of as a transient substrate for neuron migration in the developing brain.

The pendant glowed like blue fire around his neck as the ranger called lightning down from the sky, striking the throngs of orcs and ogres .

But seen from a historical perspective, there has been a striking decline in work-related injuries and deaths in the US.

He even appears to be triumphing in his most significant challenge yet, facing down the country's striking transport unions.

It's such a visually striking image, capturing this otherwise bleak scene with astonishing clarity and saturated colors.

Greece, with its long history of debt defaults and bouts of high inflation, was the most striking example.

That is perhaps the most striking thing about humour in the Middle East. Most of the time the joke is not on the enemy.

The most striking feature of Obama's presidency a year later is how thoroughly that movement has disappeared.

Although now playing only senior tour and exhibition tennis, Sampras is striking the ball as well as ever.

China says all this is defensive, but its tactical doctrines emphasise striking first if it must.

The clearest and most striking of the specimens can be seen to have four wings, extensive plumage and profusely feathered feet.

Social ideological trend is one of the most striking phenomenon in the cultural field since China's reform and opening to the outside world.

After Mr Chalabi's list came out, Mr Maliki watched in horror as it gained a striking amount of support.

The fall in the death rate in late June of that year is quite striking, as is the sudden rise in early July.

So he lay down and fell asleep, and when he woke up the clock was striking a quarter to twelve.

It is belief systems that are the underlying determinant of path dependence, one of the most striking regularities of history.

No, I don't want to hear a word. She seems great, and she's certainly fine enough for your striking self. No excuses. Fix it.

Particularly striking was the failure of the credit default swap market to give any forewarning of the financial crisis (see chart).

A miner bought food from a makeshift shop set up in the trunk of a car near a roadblock by striking miners.

The findings are so striking , the US National Institutes of Health decided it would be unethical to continue and stopped the trials early .

Like me, this poor fool must be here for striking his mother.

The most striking fruit of that talent was his notion for the Harry Potter marketing strategy.

An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.

But there's one striking difference: Karen is dark with brown eyes and Cheryl is fair with blue eyes.

Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one another's hands for safety.

In any case, the law and reality often differ: despite being forbidden from striking, prison warders walked out in 2007 over a pay dispute.

and thirdly, a pressure display is favorable for the trainers to understand the acting force of striking the sand bag.

THE standoff between Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, and its striking police ended with a Hollywood-worthy flourish.

Often, the most striking and innovative solutions come from realizing that your concept of the problem was wrong.

Their most striking suggestion, however, involves the controversial notion of a health-insurance plan run by the federal government.

Perhaps The most striking change visible to emerge in Europe's statistics in the last 50 years concerns the is in its population.

With his Persian-accented Arabic, striking physical appearance and unflagging energy, Sadr earned respect across the sectarian divide.

Putting together the portrait of Rutherford in Cathcart's book with my own recollections of Teller, I find striking similarities.

As for the left-eyed and right-eyed flatfish, their difference, however striking, appears to be an evolutionary red herring.

Hot gold foil is quite a shame that a beautiful, striking, in the market has always been marketable.

Reed Flute Cave in Guilin is located in the north-west, hidden in an appearance is not striking the mountainside where the ordinary.

As Washington National Cathedral approached completion, the west towers rose towards the sky, striking toward heaven.

The most striking change in American foreign policy since the end of the cold war is the rise in partisanship.

The girl's likeness to her mother was striking.

Among them, violent crime is a very striking phenomenon of China's current criminal activities, with a great social harm.

"I don't blame these fellers for striking, " said one. "They've got the right of it, all right, but I had to get something to do. "

Despite this, the city is still striking in its appearance and the ancient area surrounding the Duomo is truly breathtaking.

When he achieved safe ground he fell, striking the sand with each particular part of his body.

Where will we see Chinese corporations striking M&A deals in the next few years as they seek to increase their global presence?

Using a limited form of precognition, zealots can even predict enemy movements striking, with deadly accuracy and dodging attacks by inches.

This striking telescopic view even captures the Sun's swollen and distorted shape from the southern coast of the UK.

The company's products and the performance of transmission and distribution projects are striking and known for here and overseas.

Yes. If it's a pure delight, the impression of a gift will certainly be striking.

Precursor by carbonization of carbon produced after looks not very striking, but only a few microns per bundle.

In an infected animal, chemicals of this sort should behave like "magic bullets, " striking the pathogen but missing the host.

In foreign policy, Afghanistan is the administration's greatest challenge and an even more striking instance of this gaping realism deficit.

Elizabeth Taylor's striking beauty demanded the attention of audiences from the moment she appeared on the silver screen.

One night, however, our vicar woke up in surprise: the clock was striking the hours!

I want you to see a few that are particularly striking.

And ST stocks, as a group of particular ones in Chinese security market, appear to be attractive or striking in price movement.

The quality of this product is extremely striking and buyers can opt for a number of page layouts and finishes.

The report contains a particularly striking statement that raised some eyebrows and caused some scepticism back in August.