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In her eyes was a color so startling, so unpredicted, that it almost threw him into a kind of battlefield shock.

Reading The Little Prince with her was a startling and wonderful hiatus from the rather dry business English classes that I taught so often.

A occasional, Linda found a startling fact: the original sea bright was the biological father of starfish.

I awoke to a green so startling as to be almost electric, as if spring were simply a matter of flipping a switch.

When a principle is asserted which establishes such a precedent, and may lead to such results, it is, to say the least, startling.

It's startling to see that this is not always the case.

One of its most startling predictions is how fast Asia's populations are expected to grow within the next nine years.

ONE of the startling features of India's economic progress is how much opposition it stirs at home.

This brings us to the startling conclusion that out of every hundred marriages in this country, perhaps ninety are unsatisfactory.

The change is all the more startling when Georgia's fate is contrasted with that of other former Soviet republics, including Russia.

One of the most startling findings of the study shows a strong correlation between obesity and the length of your commute.

It is always startling to see how relatively small differences in rates add up to very significant sums over a period of years.

But what was startling was the emaciation of his face. It was like a skull.

Most startling of all, the French seem to think that Mr Sarkozy will win next year whether they want him to or not.

The koala seemed to be asleep, and I wondered for the first time just how one went about startling such a lethargic creature.

Newton came to a simple but startling conclusion: the white light of the sun was in fact a mixture of all the colors of the spectrum!

But when he started reacting to interview questions as if attacked personally, Wallace said it was startling.

Globalisation may be lifting millions of people out of absolute poverty, but it has also led to startling divergences in relative wealth.

Such a pursuit of startling ideas for the own sake of academic research is, in the author's view, a wrong way of scholarship.

If, however, the startling noise is preceded by a quieter sound, this blink is not so vigorous as it would otherwise have been.

It is most startling to hear a watch clicking away the seconds, each click indicating the shortening of ones life by a little bit.

"It's such a startling rise, " said Dr. Paula Clayton, the medical director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

This was both a dig at America (with its big current-account deficit) and a statement of startling complacency.

The startling achievements in recent years of the John Lewis Partnership demonstrate the advantages of distributing participation widely.

It is most startling to hear a watch or lock clicking away the seconds, each click indicating the shortening of one, s life by a little bit.

Before me were the thick lips, fat cheeks, and squat nose standing out with startling clearness against that flaming background.

PayPal and many banks do this, but a startling number of sites that people trust to safeguard their privacy do not.

Over the past few days, we have witnessed a startling drop in the stock market -- much of it driven by uncertainty and fear.

In Greenland, for instance, two of the hottest spots, showing a startling five-degree rise in temperatures, have no weather stations at all.

In a year that was dominated by torrid headlines and scary recession news, designers, too, became obsessed with startling us.

More startling still, some 47 per cent of this funding is less than a year in duration.

The facts of the matter remain startling.

Yet in just a few years, sushi has colonised urban centres with startling speed.

According to the witnesses, the most startling aspect of the Meyer cell was that it remained cold, even after hours of gas production.

That's one of the startling new findings of a long-term study of more than 700 men from birth to early adulthood in the Philippines.

He could hear the faint echoes of voices far above him on the mountainside, startling him after great silence.

His colorful life, like his profound surrealistic paintings, is extremely touching and startling to eyes and ears.

So this has actually been a little bit startling to the game development community .

Understanding today is all Mengs to take charge of of birthday, at under don't please from, also wish adult startling.

The contrast between the war front and the back area is always startling .

From the deck of a ship, the island makes a startling apparition, like the Himalaya just emerged from the Flood.

The less he plays for Manchester United, the more startling Owen's contributions when his name is called and he reminds us who he really is.

But the speed with which loans have soured in recent months, and the reaction of rating agencies, have been startling.

"The power of these automatic effects is startling and counter to traditional models where we deliberate over ideas, " Taber says.

So you know I kind of like that approach, and it's startling different than the American approach and American culture.

Figures announced on December 10th showed that exports fell by a startling 2. 2% in November, compared with a year earlier.

The startling security breach in September, when a pilot Internet vote system for the city of Washington, D. C. , was put online for a test.

He was a young man with a startling blue eyes in a good-looking Latin face.

But the new found wealth has also led to a startling increase in the number of Chinese nationals emigrating to other countries.

I had lunch with a friend of mine the other day and she said something that I found startling: "Work is paid slavery. "

THE speed with which clouds of economic gloom and even despair have gathered over the global economy has been startling everywhere.

Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments. . . my dear Scarlett. I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy.

Rhett: Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett, I mean dear Mrs. Kennedy.

Genghis Khan, the king on the horse has left startling quiver memory at the Eurasia with the iron heel like the whirlwind.

The startling new medical technology is the result of a Royal College of Art design student's PhD.

Anyone looking for a good Web-to-print application will find a startling number of 'market leaders' among the manufacturers.

Digging deeper, Dr Altieri found a more startling result.

But she seemed to enjoy startling him, suddenly appearing when he least expected her.

SINK OR SWIM is the kind of non-commercial but accessible film that throws a new and startling light on familiar subject matter.

Perhaps the most startling development since Rafa's first season is that of the strength of our rivals.

One of the most startling examples of how the mind can alter the immune response was discovered by chance.

Turn to any of several major concerns now facing America, and in each case it's startling how large a role China plays.

Children are the victims of startling levels of violence, often at the hands of those who should be protecting them.

"It absolutely is a startling development in the interpretation of that provision, " says Michael C.

For a man who spent part of his youth in young offender institutions, it is a startling transformation.

Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett. . .

Between them they have produced a startling reduction in poverty and inequality.

These figures are startling. They give India perhaps the fastest recorded pace of TFP growth in services of any country in the world.

If you want your audience to snap to attention immediately, start your introduction with a startling statement.

EVEN after a year of often startling change, the pace of events in Myanmar can still surprise.

The scientists hope that their startling warnings will change the outcome of that pre-meeting meeting.

The primitive pixelated ape of Donkey Kong has evolved into a three-dimensional King Kong of startling detail.

Academics came up with the startling images after throwing away 500 years of conventional cartography.

Terror woke up in my breast as sudden and startling as the crash of cymbals.

These have revealed a few corporate secrets, but so far nothing startling.

In five minutes we were through the tide, and drifting with the most startling rapidity round the headland .

The epic battle for Fallujah revealed the startling connections between policy and combat that are a part of the new reality of war.

Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments. . .

His arguments led up to a startling conclusion .

All of that is a sort of [a] level of commitment that is startling and unmatched.

As Chase progresses through the investigation, startling secrets about her past life begin to immerge.

Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening, and thunder rolled. Rain started to pour down.

He gave Star Wars its startling aural originality.

We rode along the broad Tayelet boardwalk, the sound of our tires startling the pigeons off the walkway.

Legal and rational though this activity may be, the results of the offshore boom can be startling.

As he spoke, the kettle with a startling noise boiled over.

Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening - thunder rolled and boomed.

A man dressed in black with a slightly unkempt goatee and eyes curious and clear, Joseph is startling yet approachable.

For every startling breakthrough the AIs make, a new set of deeper and seemingly stranger questions will emerge.

Unmanned remote cameras helped photographer Michael Nichols capture startling images of the endangered cats in their shrinking range.

The two claws will scratch out the wall of the frozen disorder two deep-prints, scratch marks Na Liangdao startling.

When we went out for drinks though, it was really startling how insulated they were from how the actual world works.

"The name 'Money' was thought by some to be incredibly crass and startling, " William Rukeyser, 69, says today.

A startling revelation from one of America's space pioneers, during an interview with a British radio program.

But even among the meritocratic elite, the economy's evolution has produced a startling divergence.

Hitler's early "successes" were only the startling depredations of a resolute felon.

The effect of a uniform appearance may be produced by a combination of tints in startling contrast.

Your choice of material can be unusual and startling, but then you go at the acting obeying all the best principles of acting.

Yet from the Baltic to the Balkans, even politicians facing the most startling accusations of corruption seem not to suffer at the polls.

The startling findings mean scientists may not understand heart disease as well as they think they do.

Surprising or startling a bear or getting too close to a bear's food. Or, the bear may simply be hungry and predatory.

When I became vegan a few years ago, I learned some pretty startling things about how the animals we eat become food.

Probably on beginning 1986, JinHou ruins steal and dig the Jin Dynasty, to the beginning of the 1990s, Have reached the startling degree.

When one factors in Britain's high rate of total imprisonment, the number of youngsters behind bars is startling.

Meanwhile, thanks to a series of startling medical breakthroughs, his father was in recovery.

When one factors in Brita in's high rate of total imprisonment, the number of youngsters behind bars is startling.

The statistics are startling and the health risks are real: Over 60% of the U. S. population is affected by excess weight.

He just heard some startling news. His boss got fired for stealing from the company.

The new hairdo affected a startling change in her appearance.

Q. One of your most startling recent findings is that bilingualism helps forestall the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

It has already proved possible to tinker with this genetic inheritance, with startling results.

The crooner is another member of the gap-tooth gang, keeping the small space in his startling smile.

The following Sunday morning, however, dawned with startling news: The tomb that held the body of Jesus was empty.

Scientists have uncovered startling new evidence which definitively show what color feathers certain dinosaurs had -- reddish-orange.

In the first place, his startling likeness to Catherine connected him fearfully with her.

The consistency and pervasiveness of this effect is startling, perhaps even disconcerting.

The militants flooded in by the hundreds, startling Pakistani and American officials with the speed of their advance.

That is beginning to cause huge demographic problems, as populations age with startling speed.

over the rights of women, inside a Muslim society with some startling contradictions. Between what women want and how they behave.

"Hi, excuse me, " said a low voice, startling the two of them. Wen Xiang looked up and saw a middle-aged Caucasian clothed in gray.

Shedding presidents, as in Tunisia and Egypt, is a startling and significant development, but only partial regime collapse.

I found this picture of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip standing with the Obamas last week at Buckingham Palace rather startling.

Some of the relationships to pop out of the theorem are startling, the most profound one linking time and energy.

In death, as in life, his circumstances proved startling, with jerky video images showing him captured, bloody and disheveled, but alive.

Since then, it has enjoyed a startling transition from pearling to petroleum, from souk to mall and from sand to glass.

The results of that difference are startling.

From time to time he would whistle or sing to announce their presence, to avoid startling any beast into attack.

Grab the slider with the mouse and observe the startling change in brightness when the black grating is moved away from the blue bars.

You will find this book sometimes challenging, sometimes startling, but always fascinating.

My research led me to the following startling conclusions: racial slurs run rampant in the lingo of love.

The news is quite startling as it is rare for swine flu to infect people.

Her flatwas kept spotless, and except for a few startling splashes of color, she'dchosen to furnish it mostly in white.

But in recent years, some of us have started taking our beloved cell phones someplace really startling: the grave.

The improvement in her appearance was startling.

The exchanges' growth, and the excitement generated by the sector, reflects startling increases in trading activity.

Much of Oman is desert, but the coast of the Arabian Sea in the Dhofar region represents a startling difference in climate.

It boasts a startling depth of field, conjuring a fetid virtual terrain on a pancake-flat screen and inviting the viewer to step inside.

The startling implication is that the real-life voters must also have based their choice of candidate on looks, at least in part.

One of the most startling proposals for amelioration, in fact, came from Wall Street.

And the rise is even more startling when one looks at percentage changes since the March lows.

Week by week there will be startling bits of information, as slowly but surely the truth is coming out.

Its nutrition is legendary among these people, who have used it to maintain active, healthy lifestyles and startling longevity.

More startling than Confucius, the movie, falling victim to this act of market tinkering, is Confucius the giant.

Even food chains that have thrived in China have had to contend with startling labor and food inflation.

The most startling features of the fifth-century crash are its suddenness and its scale.

He also began training for marathons, sometimes startling colleagues by appearing in their offices at day's end in head-to-toe spandex.

What these figures really show is a startling level of frustration with the state of the country.

This autumn the dials on Goldman Sachs' forecasting machine are spinning in a startling manner.

Figures also show a startling rise in long-term unemployment, to levels previously associated with Europe's broken labour markets.

Brazil has been losing external competitiveness to a startling and disturbing degree.

Japan first took the fastest-computer title in 1990, startling the long-dominant US.

Even by the standards of the Web, it was a startling demonstration of the rhythm and mores of micro-blogging in China.

The coil will dance about in a startling manner, with sparks flying from the ends, if everything has been adjusted properly.

In a recent note, he considered the startling effect that could have on prices.

If the true measure of the technological revolution is horsepower, then the extent of the revolution after 1940 was startling indeed.

At the very end of last month, December 31, a lunar eclipse may have set off some very startling developments in your career.

The fluid, ever-changing results often bear startling resemblances to astronomical phenomena.

But faced with startling jumps in the prices of some food items, China may finally have given into the temptation of the quick fix.

The hypocrisy was startling: when Sarah Palin was Governor of Alaska, she encouraged citizens there to take out living wills.

Mr. Buffett announced the resignation-with the startling disclosures about Lubrizol-two days later.

Your working life can bring startling surprises around the 20-21, and you'll need a little time to adjust to the changes in routine.

As I was taking care of these climbers, we got a startling experience.

But the atlas has revealed a startling genetic diversity; different slabs of cortex are defined by entirely different sets of genes.

The music of Wagner was distinguished by startling innovations in chord progressions and dissonance .

That startling revision has brought added urgency to the fight among Arctic states to exploit the region's resources.

In early August a number of banks operating in the region reported sometimes startling rises in loan losses.

The sound of clothes tumbling onto the floor was a startling phenomenon, difficult to interpret.

High-level professionals accustomed to deference may find campus power dynamics startling.

James Joyce (1882--1941) is regarded as one of the leading writers of modern times. He introduced startling new forms into the novel.

Global opportunity and startling career awaits successful job applicants.

Much of Oman is desert, but the Arabian Sea coast in the Dhofar region represents a startling difference in climate.

The combination of the voiced, plosive b- and the roaring -oo sounds makes boo a particularly startling word.

To the young, the startling advances in application technology enable them to work and live more comfortably.

As I discussed my father's diagnosis with Jim, he made a startling revelation.

A cursory glance at contemporary psychology reveals startling diversity.

The BAU team investigates a rash of startling teen suicides in a small Wyoming town.

In Chelsea's case, it inverts the defensive posture into an offensive one with startling speed and scythes downfield.

The next week will show a startling development.

The results were startling: of the 1, 018 products TerraChoice surveyed, all but one failed to live up fully to their green boasts.

And regardless of spin, there were some startling findings, suggesting that hard-line views are waxing not waning.

In the opinion polls, Ms Silva had been stuck at around 10% for months. But on the night she got a startling 19. 3%.

"Not Under My Roof" is a startling wake-up call about America's largely misguided attitudes toward sex and growing up.

A rifle scope pops up into frame , jumping Tommy's image into startling magnification , framed in the crosshairs .

Or as your tear drop while deeply attached, dripping on my cheek, startling my soul, touching my heart .

This land of startling contrasts has long been home to a mix of ancient cultures.

But the startling discovery enunciated by a correspondent in the following article is certainly relevant to what should have been in it.

That was a startling finding, but people could still consider it coincidence.

The election results are unlikely to be startling.

That was until Silvano Vincetti, chairman of the Italian national committee for cultural heritage, made his startling revelation.

Even more startling was a fantastic meal I enjoyed at Charlie Trotter's.

Changing lock useless, guard, also can find no way out, because this startling scenario-in woman could wear a wall and!

As the story unfolds, you will follow Arguelles through many startling synchronicities and transformations of consciousness.

Even this startling ratio is not the outer limit.

Upon leaving government service in 1966, Captain White wrote a startling letter to his superior.

I really didn't like that nakedness, , But this time 2PM was a little startling, because of the fact that they are young stars. . .

Venter defied his critics and deciphered the human genome with startling speed about eight years ago.

Sydney's startling new Opera House; startling news; startling earthquake shocks.

A road surface in Wuji County, Hebei, burst at 3: 50 pm Tuesday, startling passers-by who mistook it for an earthquake.

Meanwhile, Dovepaw must face a startling fact and realizes that evil is sometimes no more than a whisker's length away.

When the ecologists had finished their fieldwork, they made a startling discovery.

This dramatic with the previous cooperation formed a startling contrast.

He was immediately confronted by the startling headlines.

Not if you believe a startling presentation I saw this week from a large, global financial group.

Findings announced in the past two weeks are rattling the foundations of anthropology and raising some startling possibilities.

Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.

Occasionally a bird would land on my window sill, which usually had the effect of startling both of us.

This philosophy is not startling for its originality nor for its maturity.

But observers are already envisioning future improvements to Sixth Sense that could result in some startling possibilities.

Even that startling drop does not do justice to the pace of job creation.

When I first came across this experiment, my first reaction was to find it startling.

Mrs Palin's arrival on the national stage is inspiring some startling political somersaults.

Forehead, which India and blood-red cinnabar startling, forget you, again easier said than done.

accomplishment n. Her technical accomplishment on the piano is startling.

Spain's already-startling 21% unemployment rate rises to 45% among the young. Growth, at just 0. 8% over the past year, remains sluggish.

It's a startling change that the game emphasizes by having the aliens cover the island with snow.

The Bush administration has had startling success in one area: keeping its inner workings secret.

In Denmark and Sweden a startling 30% of the population say their debts exceed their assets, but few go hungry.

The power of this new motor is startling.

Yet another startling fact was revealed: the crab's shell reached the darkest color about 50 minutes later each day.

Up close, the 2-3mm gaps make a startling pattern and from certain angles or at a distance appear exactly the same as normal concrete.

Although the study of abuse in adolescent relationships is scarcely a decade old, the incidence is startling.

What Member Feng Pei'en has listed here for us are appalling numbers and startling examples one after another.

This seminal world gathering will hear of startling recent findings about the depth of animal sentience .

But in1977 a startling discovery challenged conventional wisdom about life's fragility and, perhaps, its origins.

That gives a startling clue into how God must have felt about my friends, whom He also loved.

He constructs a startling non-rational world in His early novels.

Among other curiosities, this leads to the startling idea (which has been proved experimentally) that a vacuum is not empty space.

When she compared the measurements with the subjects' current medical records, the results were startling.

In every case the proxy, however it has been derived, shows a startling increase over the past 12 months.

Lewis, came to a startling conclusion about him that altered the course of his life. So who is the real Jesus?

He had kind eyes that seemed not even to register Silas's startling physical appearance.

Such startling results should trigger curiosity, you might think.

Startling new inventions have never come about by designing for the norm.

The depth of our financial ignorance is startling.

But afterward, the troops made a startling discovery.

But that anything at all emerges from a field of lowly connections is startling.

A marine biologist has discovered a startling new crab species that resembles a large strawberry.

These startling words conclude her book about the eight years she spent chasing Balkan war criminals.

What emerged was startling: 26 signs, all drawn in the same style, appeared again and again at numerous sites (see illustration).

The findings reveal the startling truth that everyone is little more than their own memory.

While it is colorless when pumped up from the well, the water turns a startling shade of dark purple when tea bags are added.

The startling results indicate that we are doing things faster than ever before, and demanding instant gratification .

If you have an inventive streak, you could make a startling discovery or breakthrough now.

Forecasters say an arctic front will bring even more startling snow tomorrow.

Because I had no pre-conceptions (or rather, less prejudices than this expert) I was open to this startling, unexpected discovery.

We discovered the startling truth: customers prefer low prices.

Probably the triumph of youth is less a worry than a startling and contradictory oddity.

Patients could be treated with blood made from their own skin after a startling breakthrough by scientists, UK media reported Monday.

After the Rangers encounter a virus, Mack makes a startling discovery about himself.

And if you ask the fans of pi why, a startling number of them will come back with the same question: "Why climb Mount Everest? "