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Staggering moment! Mary blushed until the tears stood in her eyes.

A boy in a dull green padded jacket is walking against the wind, but later, he no longer seems capable of walking without staggering.

Theon was staggering by the time he reached the foot of the stair. He slung the girl over his shoulder and began to climb.

At dawn, Rikuzentakata began to assess the staggering human toll. It was one of the worst-hit Japanese cities.

Staggering as it walks; the ostrich looks so delicious with its puffy meat, as if it is born to be eaten.

Theft of such a staggering sum might seem unlikely, but U. S. officials aren't ruling it out.

As you point out in the book, the statistical differences between American and Dutch teens when it comes to sex is pretty staggering.

He might be walking straight up the walls, for all he could tell, or staggering across the ceilings like a maddened fly.

Staggering out and running, blinded with dust, he looked back to see a figure sitting by the wreck with blood dripping from his hands.

The heat is staggering, as if the weight of the white sky is about to collapse.

It was a staggering amount for a program that appeared to be stalling.

No doubt, the losses are staggering, adding up to about $540 million over the past three years.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan describes the stimulus as a "staggering opportunity, " the kind that comes once in a lifetime.

That said, the dangers that loan losses in the region pose to Europe's staggering banking system can be overstated.

This type is generally used for milling deep slots, since the staggering of teeth provides for greater chip space.

Accusing her of displaying a "staggering lack of grace" , she used her to consider attending a finishing school.

One soldier scoops his severed arm off the sand, staggering on in a desperate attempt to keep up with his squad.

Like, over a mile bigger, since a metallic asteroid that size would be worth an absolutely staggering amount of money.

The findings are not all that staggering as it can be largely attributed to the growing realisation that death is coming close.

Readers often staggering while still convincing, and then have to praise the author at the end of clever ideas and deal with it again and.

Fairgoers smoked, ate, sometimes urinated in queues and generated 'a staggering amount of trash, ' he said.

Well, the Anfield spectators were doing that constantly as Liverpool stroked the ball around with one-touch moves of staggering accuracy.

But it will be able to slash spending and raise taxes without hindrance, albeit at the cost of staggering unpopularity.

and that scales up the rate of innovation to a staggering degree.

Two dozen zombies, their clothes spattered with fake blood, were staggering up and down the block outside Madison Square Garden.

"Unable to be a world player, staggering from crisis summit to crisis summit. "

Humans have begun to grasp the staggering variety and value of life on Earth just as we push many species toward extinction.

Since then it has swelled into a network of 83 companies that account for a staggering 13% of South Korea's exports.

Using this dish - essentially a giant mirror - he concentrated the light of a thousand suns onto the new panel. The result was staggering .

The survey found a staggering 76 per cent of French people said that sexual problems were causing them relationship problems.

Sandel swayed, but did not fall, staggering back to the ropes and holding on.

The destruction of a President with its collapse of executive authority was too staggering to contemplate .

When I consult with other countries that are just starting out with transparency laws, they are astounded at this staggering number.

However, the rain gradually become smaller, the sun out secretly from behind the clouds around, I had a staggering!

The prices paid are staggering: it is as if the rich world's devastating housing bust hadn't happened.

That's up 23% from the previous month and a staggering 65% from a year earlier.

Now, in the name of systemic risk, bail-outs have poured staggering sums into the failed institutions that brought the economy down.

Their statement is fairly low-key, given the staggering scale of progress over the last couple of decades.

Of all the translations of books done in a year, a staggering 75% are from English.

The largest Arum at Kew gardens weighs 200lb and grows at a staggering rate of a quarter of an inch an hour.

The economic consequences of a break-up would be staggering both for creditor and debtor nations.

This figure rises to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties.

The results were announced at the Kepler telescope's first science conference, alongside the staggering number of new candidate planets.

Government spending commitments over the next decade are staggering.

She says reports of the level of destruction in some of these areas are staggering. Some towns have been practically destroyed.

I commend Barbara Picower for agreeing to turn over this truly staggering sum, which really was always other people's money.

There are a few zombies at the mall when the refugees arrive, staggering about aimlessly in a fashion familiar to Christmas shoppers.

Movements in the currency market are best described as a random walk: unpredictable, like a drunk staggering home.

America played that role at a staggering cost, and not always perfectly, but played it we did.

The economic costs of a breakup would be staggering for creditor and debtor nations.

They are invariably independent, impecunious and able to tolerate staggering degrees of discomfort.

The company is facing staggering demand from consumers for its iPad2 and is heavily backlogged.

Come and help me to hold the house. It keeps staggering that I can't insert my key into the hole!

The implications of these phenomena for China, and for the world, are staggering.

The losses the banks began to take against their holdings of CDOs were staggering.

The makers of both Guitar Hero and Rock Band have embraced song downloads, but the gulf between the two companies' approaches is staggering.

Although these new numbers are staggering, it should be noted that these numbers reflect the state of the nation one year ago, in 2008.

Looking almost as fresh as the day it was bought, this McDonald's Happy Meal is in fact a staggering six months old.

The overall credit losses are likely to be close to a staggering $2, 000bn.

Under a new pilot scheme the students are entitled to as many as a staggering 60 free condoms a week.

China's staggering recent economic growth has created an equally staggering increase in its pollution and emissions problems.

As a youngster , Joe sometimes liked to be whirled by another boy until he was staggering .

staggering four out of five parents worry that their children will become addicted to Facebook, according to a study.

A staggering 83 percent of continental European respondents claim to have been physically or emotionally bullied.

Dr Sergio Bertolucci said it was vital not to "fool around" given the staggering implications of the result.

"I think these numbers are pretty staggering, in terms of the amount of weight gained and the risk, " she says.

We were staggering through the passport line in Beijing, when Jacob started complaining about extreme thirst.

The amount of labor done by the Release Engineering team to keep up with the vast number of branches is staggering.

Tito of endurance staggering, I can not fully exhausted his mouth out a statement, really admire.

A new report by the World Trade Organisation calculates that the total value of merchandise exports fell by a staggering 23% in 2009.

That The Walking Dead is now the most watched drama in the history of basic cable is staggering, just like our zombies.

There was also a staggering rise in video use online with the advent and growth of new smartphones that can view and record video.

But I will bet you that it is already leading to a staggering increase in overall literary output.

Even that staggering figure does not take into account the costly losses of employees ' productivity due to problems related to obesity.

The batter sent the ball to left field. The slap on my back sent me staggering.

At the other, Tavan Tolgoi, coal production is projected to expand from 16m tonnes a year to a staggering 240m tonnes by 2040.

"Where shall I put them? " Betty asked, staggering with armfuls of them up the steps of the porch.

At the other end of the scale, the Los Angeles Times's decline is truly staggering: it has lost half its sales in the past 20 years.

Why do you think the US government is so comfortable with such staggering levels of debt?

A staggering numbering if you think about it.

But the zombie, with its staggering gait and glassy expression, can also be comic.

Again, no one is saying that China is or will soon become a libertarian paradise, but the contrast with anthill Maoism is staggering.

Building rubbish has already become a staggering problem in waste products management and environmental pollution.

At birth, the baby elephant outweighs a human baby by at least a staggering 117 kilograms.

A staggering percentage of America's adults are unequipped for life in a modern society.

Overnight, the budget gap swelled to a staggering $26. 3 billion and now grows by an estimated $25m each day.

China paid staggering twenty one million tael of silver as war reparation when the British defeated China in the First Opium War.

There has been a staggering rise of private wealth.

This is to let the freight trains pass, some of them a staggering two miles long.

But the surge came after the staggering losses of the worst week ever, and economists said more rough days can be expected.

Q: Given those staggering numbers, what are the biggest cybersecurity threats to consumers and businesses?

And he explains to me the differences in the teas available, as my lack of knowledge in this area is staggering .

Nervous types also worry whether Apple can keep up its staggering growth rate, especially with a current revenue base of $100bn.

But there's another possible answer to the question: the photographer who shot those staggering pictures of Ruby gunning him down.

And that leads to an increase in the prefrontal cortex of a staggering 53 percent.

THERE is nothing new in Congo's staggering wealth benefiting the few and bringing misery to the many.

By contrast, Mexico is staggering from blows to its other leading sources of income.

But it is also clear that for some people, the staggering expense of the wine is an attraction, not a deterrent.

There, fleeing farmers abandoned their animals, leaving emaciated cows staggering through the streets.

Given those staggering numbers, what are the biggest cyber security threats to consumers and businesses?

The living cell is a self-organizing, self-replicating, environmentally responsive machine of staggering complexity.

In Russia the average drinker consumes a staggering 27 litres of pure alcohol a year and in Moldova 23 litres a year.

The news sent her mad. The blow sent him staggering for a moment.

Nevertheless, the statistics concerning the contributions of small business to overall economic health are staggering.

The Japanese dish can be bought from every major supermarket (where sales have risen a staggering 88 percent in the past two years).

Still, it remains to be seen whether the tourniquet will hold. Even after the new plan, Greece will have a staggering load of debt.

China's staggering growth comes mainly because its cinema audiences have been severely underserved.

The contrast between the top two small forward prospects in this draft is staggering.

But no movie magic will provide Governor Schwarzenegger with the luck and skills needed to confront California's staggering problems.

The bench began to score in staggering numbers.

Last fall Best Buy bought Napster for a jaw dropping $121 million, a staggering sum in the free-music era that Napster helped create.

Your behaviour on your visit to Devon during April was staggering in its uncouthness and lack of grace.

The power law dynamics that affect the overall economy and industries can generate staggering outcomes for individual companies.

The unintended consequences of this government policy are staggering.

In a long career spent almost entirely at MIT, he became known for work of staggering theoretical sophistication.

The federal government survived the hostage crisis created by House Republicans, but emerged staggering from the deal struck Friday night.

A staggering $25 trillion-worth, almost half of the total, has been binned in recent months.

Walking through my train yesterday, staggering from my seat to the buffet and back, I counted five people reading Harry Potter novels.

What a staggering thought it is that you and I are to play a crucial role in the outcome of this awesome contest!

The hypocrisy inherent in the American conversation about stimulants is staggering.

I'm not saying it can't be done, but if it was done, the amount of drilling you're looking at to make that happen is staggering.

Staggering will give the sodded lawn an appearance of being more naturally grown.

The number of different mobile browsers has, historically, been staggering.

Home to a quarter of British Columbia (BC)honeybees, Vancouver Island lost a staggering 90% of its bees thiswinter.

Remarks which betray a staggering contempt for the truth.

But in the first part of the 20th century, the advance of modern weaponry led to death on a staggering scale.

Banks lent staggering sums of money to homeowners with dubious credit, convinced that real estate prices could only go up.

Stage III disk disease causes partial paralysis (paresis) and results in the dog walking in staggering or uncoordinated movements.

We know now that some species are capable of quite staggering feats of sea-and airmanship.

The luxury cars of 2010 were a bold and beautiful group, one progressive in visual design, drivetrain and staggering expense.

Real Madrid sold staggering quantities of team jerseys in Britain on the weekend of his signing in 2003.

Bidding opened on Sunday, and by Monday morning had already reached the staggering figure of 13m yuan (2 million Australian dollars).

The sheer scale of the disaster is staggering, with reports suggesting that 20 million people have been affected.

Right now they are staggering on in "conservatorship" , a form of direct state control.

China has been ramping up its steel industry for years, but even by its own standards the past few years have been staggering.

These staggering numbers, passed down through the centuries in a haze of folklore, were long regarded as myth.

The staggering news put the stable production of our staples at stake and may stall it.

Right next door, the city of Tianjin is growing at a pace that's staggering even by modern Chinese standards.

Perhaps the most stunning message from crisis history is the simply staggering rise in government debt most countries experience.

Meanwhile, the opportunities for true profit from innovation in the unfettered global internet are staggering.

The staggering accumulation of private wealth in mainland China, where casinos are banned, is expected to keep it growing.

That such big potential penalties were missed by (or, as investigators suspect, concealed from) the council is staggering.

But it has done so, as did Stalin and Mao, at a staggering human cost.

Today's arsenal of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides is staggering in number and chemical complexity.

Google reported back in October of 2010 that year-over-year mobile searches for hotels had increased by a staggering 7, 000%.

She rented a storefront in downtown Melbourne, and peddled her concoction at a staggering markup.

Globalization's destructive effects on business establishments and labor is staggering.

The BIS says foreign exchange volumes have been rising at a staggering pace.

JAMIE Carragher has been blasted as 'nothing' in a staggering attack by former Liverpool team mate El-Hadji Diouf.

But New York being New York, nothing is done in moderation and the wines, in both quantity and quality, are invariably staggering.

Technological innovations are transforming our life at a staggering rate.

But last week, investors received an even more staggering set of numbers.

Despite the staggering losses, some shareholders worry that major pay changes could cause top producers to defect.

Now they find themselves saddled with staggering debts and an international bail-out.

The echo effects of having that kind of foreclosure rate is just staggering for the whole economy.

This recession has been a terrible and wrathful one. In the fourth quarter of 2008, GDP fell a staggering 6. 8%.

'We have noticed staggering trends, ' Frank wrote in an e-mail from Beijing.

Adding up all the energy received over the earth's surface gives a staggering total.

For the worst possibility they considered, the drop would be a staggering 12. 6%.

The macro-control policies impacts of the real estate sector are staggering, making the competition in the industry more intensely.

Even by Chinese standards, the proposals for the later stages of construction are staggering.

"There are staggering things that technology can do, " says Newman. "But we need to make this happen in as short a time as possible. "

Some of them are so serious that to this day I can hardly reflect on them without being in some degree staggering.

Yet over the past year, a staggering three-fifths of the world's broad money-supply growth has flowed from emerging economies.

He was staggering across the room and had obviously had a few.

The S&P 500 has leapt a staggering 43% in a year.

Having lost a staggering $35 billion in the past five years, America's airlines are now climbing out of the pit they fell into in 2001.

The number of features that HTML5 introduces to support application development is staggering.

Its big three carmakers - Toyota, Honda and Nissan - reported staggering falls in production.

In other words, opening new rare-earth mines outside China will result in staggering environmental impact.

Mr Ravallion's range captures the staggering growth of the emerging-market middle class.

China is easily the largest, with a staggering $2. 4 trillion, enough to buy two-thirds of all the NASDAQ-quoted companies.

The excavation exposed a staggering numBer of Bronze age artifacts.

India, bogged down by corruption, staggering bureaucracy and land battles, has a long history of failed infrastructure plans.

But on the following day in came Amos, staggering beneath the weight of a brand-new video.

"This 'jig sawing' of multiple shots often produces staggering results, " wrote Wired UK's Alice Vincent.

The environmental ramifications are staggering, and we haven't even brought restaurants and fast food chains into the visualization.

So fossil fuels and collective learning together explain the staggering complexity we see around us.

Hurricanes are enormous heat engines that generate energy on a staggering scale.

Mild Tetany of hind limbs, staggering, falling and intermittent convulsions.

He has seen people staggering into the camps, "receiving their first nutritious meal in months, " Steinberg said.

Germany is even more sensible, with the federal states staggering their summer holidays.

The value of outstanding credit-default swaps, for instance, has climbed to a staggering $45 trillion.

But not so for Gracie, whose mother Nicole spent a staggering $32, 000 on her birthday party.

Opening the fingers and staggering the tip provides even more elegance and makes the pose more interesting.

Whether by snare or spear, trap or gun, people are taking a staggering toll on anything that can be eaten or sold for food or medicine.

The dramatic exodus from a city that was once a symbol of America's manufacturing boom has staggering implications for Detroit.

The potential for a huge consumer market is staggering.

The economic costs are staggering, and the potential political economy impact isn't very comforting either.

In 2009 Agricultural Bank's earnings rose by a staggering 26% (and by 41% on a pre-tax basis) because credit to customers grew by one-third.

During the ban, heart attack admissions to the local hospital fell by a staggering 40 per cent.

This is a typical example: the sheer amount of biodiversity waiting to be cataloged is staggering.

plundered a staggering eight Olympic gold medals during the two days.

But if the individual bits of hoopla seem excessive, their cumulative effect is staggering.

California's unfunded pension liabilities are staggering, he points out; they have been estimated at between $240 billion and $500 billion.

When these enhancements were put to the test the improvement in performance was staggering.

Indeed, he claims that, if the net shift in exports and imports were excluded, real GDP in 2010 would have risen by a staggering 13%.

More fundamentally, they need to confront the staggering inequality and lack of economic opportunity that drive so many into lives of crime.

But today his men are uneasy. Already tired and homesick after a two-thousand-mile crusade, they now face staggering odds.

So the enormous rate increases, staggering rate increases, don't match the profit statements.

It describes the behaviour of Miss Withers as " staggering in its uncouthness and lack of grace. "

The big bucks Chinese spend overseas every year reaches staggering numbers.

The results of this challenge after just one month we staggering.

The big bucks Chinese spend overseas every year has reached staggering numbers.

Still, many in the medical community and among support groups, found the numbers staggering .

Bravo company has suffered a staggering 28 casualties in two months, though luckily nobody has been killed.

Practical problems: The encoder and decoder share a staggering amount of code.

Add in purchases overseas, by Chinese tourists avoiding the country's sky-high luxury taxes, and the figures are staggering.

Job applications from disabled workers poured in at a staggering rate.

Whether these incidents were caused by electronics or not, 75 problems over six years isn't exactly a staggering stat.

Right next door, the city of Tianjinis growing at a pace that's staggering even by modern Chinese standards.

The Asian countries are getting westernized at a staggering rate.

Job applications from disable workers poured in at a staggering rate.

Assuming the launch of the Roewe 750 goes well, SAIC has plans of staggering, possibly foolhardy, ambition.

If China spends too little on health, the United States spends too much -- a staggering 17. 6 percent of GDP.

International Labour Organization warns that global unemployment could hit a staggering 50 million.

Despite this solution, the volume of accumulated oceanic pelagic carbonate is staggering because of the size of the oceans.

The length of the dam is a staggering 7235 meters and at its highest it is two hundred and twenty five meters.

With no control of the endpoint, the losses were staggering.

If this protein boosts visual memory in humans, the implications are staggering.

Still, the size of the buffers being built up is staggering.

By June 2010, its reserves had reached $2, 450bn, 30 per cent of the world total and a staggering 50 per cent of its own GDP.

Across the zone the youth-unemployment rate stood at 21. 2%; it was a staggering 48% in Spain, and 43. 5% in Greece.

The number of potential people is just staggering.

Regardless of which percentage or cost you believe in, the potential savings with static analysis tools is staggering.

The breadth of IBM solutions within this portfolio is staggering and continues to grow.

You would never go back to an ordinary dog. The level of intelligence and social awareness in these animals is staggering.

The workers were unaware of their staggering win when they turned up for their shift at BT's Royal House centre in Wood Street this morning.

Then, in November 2004, he won the Senate seat itself, notching up a staggering 70% of the vote.

The statistics are staggering and sobering, but is there anything to be done about them?

The staggering problems of poverty remain unresolved.

With current growth trends, that number is expected to reach a staggering three billion cars worldwide by 2050.

The potential sums involved are staggering: Americans now owe more than $11 trillion on their homes.

The amount of goods and services available online is staggering.

Already, a staggering nine-tenths of manufactured goods in China are thought to be in oversupply.

King Mohammed's reign has also overseen a staggering rise in economic corruption.

In the UK, total support amounted to a staggering 74 per cent of gross domestic product.

He has seen the coronation of 8 British monarchs and a staggering 50 prime ministers, but still appears fit and healthy.

The variety of goods that the peddlers sold was staggering .

A staggering 35 per cent believe they could never consider a career in politics due to damaging personal material online.

Its sheer competence was staggering. - You've got crap handwriting.

How will staggering patch-ups affect your Web development projects?

In fact, a staggering two percent of all Google search queries are for lyrics. The share of Bing's pie is even larger, at seven percent.

adult prevalence rates swing erratically , from a staggering 38 . 8 percent in botswana to less than 1 percent in senegal.

A last-minute cancellation on a rush order for military hardware cost us a staggering $1200.

The health and economic impacts of air pollution in Beijing are staggering.

It's staggering some of the tortuous reasoning that the BLS has used over the past 25 or 30 years.

The volcano belched a staggering amount of fire; smoke, and ashes.

The size of the industry today is staggering.

His home in nearby Slidell sustained staggering flood and wind damage after the storm.