In retrospect, it is astonishing that there should have been any doubt.

The pace of urbanization is astonishing.

It is astonishing how little is known about the treatment of people with mental health problems in Russia.

It was astonishing. They were also producing mangroves in a plantation.

There was an astonishing sequel.

So it is astonishing that Europe is doing exactly the opposite firmly closing its eyes to the strategic challenge posed by Turkey.

What is astonishing about this model is that it has enabled China to maintain rapid growth within a relatively stable political environment for 30 years.

Most astonishing of all is the complete reinterpretation of the African Union (AU) summit.

Given the conditions, the 60 voter turnout was astonishing.

This is an astonishing amount of progress in a remarkably short period of time in human history.

An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.

It is astonishing to note that more than two thirds of the rural workingwomen received income of up to one quarter of a minimum wage in 2003.

One high ranking policymaker noted in mid July, This is truly shocking We understand politics, but your government s continued recklessness is astonishing.

One notion promulgated in recent weeks is that the IPCC is sensationalist this is perhaps the most astonishing, if not risible claim of all.

So it really makes you realize the onus on parents to have to look at this and regulate this and police this in their own lives and how astonishing that is.

Indeed, the striking feature of the Iranian opposition movement is the lack of effective leadership, despite the astonishing persistence of protests.

This is astonishing, given that highly respected, influential figures and political parties have been speaking for the opposition at international gatherings.

They are rather surprised that a warner from among themselves has come to them . So the unbelievers say This is astonishing

They are rather surprised that a warner from among themselves has come to them . So the unbelievers say This is astonishing

This cluster of record breaking events could be merely an astonishing streak of bad luck.

The Chinese government sits atop an astonishing level of foreign reserves greater than 2 trillion.

What is astonishing about this is, even though we don't know really how much of this was intended to be religious, or how much of it was intended to be therapeutic, what we can tell is that these patients lived!

In the United States, probably the most astonishing statistic is a 600 percent increase in autism and autistic spectrum disorders and other learning disabilities.

Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music, and unlikely partnerships.

It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.

The low social stature of a woman inhibits her abilities to truly impact her community in astonishing ways.

What is astonishing about companies is that they scale sublinearly like biology, indicating that they're dominated, not by super linear innovation and ideas they become dominated by economies of scale.

Safeguarding Europe s interests today means establishing a strong link indeed an unbreakable bond with Turkey as a cornerstone of regional security. So it is astonishing that Europe is doing exactly the opposite firmly closing its eyes to the strategic challenge posed by Turkey.

The right wing RPR UDF coalition did even better in 1993, when it won 38.5 of the vote in the first round but obtained an astonishing 82 of the seats.

And that's something that's just profound and sad, but astonishing because so many of us don't actually know this.

PRINCETON The astonishing story of Barack Obama s election as president has already done much to restore America s global image.

Then she brought the child to her people . They exclaimed O Mary , you have done a most astonishing thing !

Then she brought the child to her people . They exclaimed O Mary , you have done a most astonishing thing !

It is astonishing how many regional observers seem to expect, hope, or fear that such developments will somehow lead, almost automatically, to a new Sykes Picot that is, to the establishment of a new regional order in the Middle East created by today s great powers.

And he is credited with doing over 4,000 of these public surgeries, wandering around in Europe, which is an astonishing number, when you think that surgery must have been a last resort.

Now, the cartoon is not such an exaggeration, because studies of identical twins who were separated at birth and then tested in adulthood show that they have astonishing similarities.

We need to wait until 1880, when this big man, Charles Darwin, publishes a wonderful, astonishing book that starts a revolution.

That Begin was able to rise to the occasion had much to do with the psychological impact of Sadat s astonishing initiative.

At TEDxPeachtree, bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio engineering experiments, from glowing dogs to mice that grow human ears. He asks Isn't it time to set some ground rules?

Its successors are radically different in how they work, as is the regulatory framework, which sets astonishing new benchmarks for the care and quality required at every stage of the process.

An astonishing number of Pakistani TV stations openly discuss the activities of Sharif and the other exiled former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto.

The number of Union and Confederate soldiers in prisoner of war camps would reach an astonishing one and a half million men.

Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts . She demos the headset, and talks about its far reaching applications.

Indeed, India s 5 billion of US weapons purchases accounts for an astonishing 20 of the 24.8 billion in US arms sales in 2007.

Astonishing patience has been shown by the Pakistani state, which on other occasions freely used air and artillery power to combat such challengers.