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  1. At Seleucid. Given Saint Jerome's comment that," The whole world groaned in, astonishment ,to find itself Arian ", it appears to have failed. Pope Tiberius rejected the
  2. Of whom Orbison had previously toured with—had died, to Orbison's deep, astonishment , Little Richard had found religion and Chuck Berry was in jail. Orbison's
  3. Great length, and with superhuman strength, in an unknown tongue, to the great, astonishment ,of all who heard, and to her own great edification and enjoyment in God ".
  4. Who did business with Ribbentrop in the 1920s and knew him well later expressed, astonishment ,at the vicious anti-Semitism Ribbentrop was to display in the Third Reich
  5. Revolution. In a letter of 9 August 1789,Burke wrote:" England gazing with, astonishment ,at a French struggle for Liberty and not knowing whether to blame or to applaud
  6. Disclaimer in the original printing of the book with the following text: To my, astonishment , my publisher informed me that certain words, phrases,sentences, and even
  7. In Baroque literature, and in the research for the" maraviglia" ( wonder, astonishment ,– as in Marinism),the use of artifices. The psychological pain of Man – a
  8. Oi" or" OJ" ( PJ in Danish) is an expression of surprise, positively as an, astonishment ,(similar to English" Wow ", neutral as in startled (comparable with English
  9. Published as Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, was performed in 1853 to the, astonishment ,of many critics and fellow composers. Hector Berlioz, who also became a good
  10. Wanted to accommodate the US. However, Castro belonged to a faction who, to the, astonishment ,of Eisenhower and many North Americans, was repulsed by US domination and
  11. Manner of life. ... But a posteriori, through experience, he finds to his, astonishment ,that he is not free, but subjected to necessity, that in spite of all his
  12. Offered. The visitor without any ceremony whatever turned the crank, and to the, astonishment ,of all present the machine said:" Good morning. How do you do? How do you like
  13. Of the war. " The successful land defense was led by Alexander Macomb. To the, astonishment ,of his senior officers, Prevost then turned back, saying it would be too
  14. Pussy ". The band, as well as several members of the German press, reacted with, astonishment ,to the decision. Keyboardist Christian Lorenz expressed surprise at the
  15. Body of knowledge as a logically coherent system. " And again::" With, astonishment ,we find ourselves on the threshold of modern science. Nor should it be supposed
  16. By arbitration, and the British delegate voted with the Americans—to the, astonishment ,and disgust of Canadians who suddenly realized that Britain considered its
  17. Rather than computer, needs: Ruby is said to follow the principle of least, astonishment ,(POLE),meaning that the language should behave in such a way as to minimize
  18. Laboratory who has modeled comets for years, reported to space. Com about her, astonishment ,at the number of jets, their appearance on the dark side of the comet as well
  19. We appreciate that... asshole. " Though the comment was met with dismay and, astonishment ,by press and public, it became an inside joke among many Enron employees
  20. John Evelyn wrote that he" never saw so much reverence and kind of heavenly, astonishment ,expressed in a picture ". Holbein has been described as" the supreme
  21. Closed the distance with their own van. One British observer wrote," To the, astonishment ,of the whole fleet, the French center were permitted without molestation to
  22. Habituation to the interface. Second, there is the" principle of least, astonishment ,". Various features should work in similar ways. For example, some features in
  23. Champagne. Roger of Hove den wrote::" The King of England was struck with great, astonishment , and wondered what this alliance could mean, and,taking precautions for the
  24. San Demo, Italy from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 63 years old. To widespread, astonishment , Nobel's last will specified that his fortune be used to create a series of
  25. To have acquitted himself with credit. At the end of 68 Gala, to the general, astonishment , selected him to command the army of Germania Inferior, and here Vilnius made
  26. Cherubim on the spot, but when the door is opened, they both find to their, astonishment ,only Susanna. The Count demands an explanation; the Countess tells him it is a
  27. Band ", rehearsed only minutes before taking the stage, much to McCartney's, astonishment ,and delight. While on tour in Sweden in 1967,Hendrix jammed with the duo
  28. Would enliven the most mundane gig with his vigorous playing, often to the, astonishment ,of his band. He also toured Africa, Europe,and Asia under sponsorship of the
  29. Also became his friends. In 1929,Ovens went to the Soviet Union and, to his, astonishment , was invited to direct a film on a topic of his own choosing which was the new
  30. Strife in Israel. Writing in The Village Voice, his first post chronicled his, astonishment ,that one can communicate on a computer. Mamet announced that he was no longer a
  31. By looking at the text of the program, violating the principle of least, astonishment , Thread safety is a property that allows code to run in multithreaded
  32. School. Beckman had proposed a difficult mathematical problem, and to his, astonishment , it was the young Descartes that found the solution. Both men shared the idea
  33. See also Thracian tomb of Aleksandr urban). Paulus Hector Mere expresses, astonishment ,that such a" manly weapon" should have been invented by a" tribe of women "
  34. Then" dialectical" approach to the world, characterized by" wonder and, astonishment ," and open to the" presence" of other people and of God rather than merely to
  35. When the charges were first brought against Anne, Cranmer had expressed his, astonishment ,to Henry and his belief that" she should not be culpable. " Still, Cranmer
  36. Which is echoed by Aristotle in his Metaphysics 982b12:" It was their wonder, astonishment , that first led men to philosophize and still leads them. " Philosophizing may
  37. The young Gauss reputedly produced the correct answer within seconds, to the, astonishment ,of his teacher and his assistant Martin Barrels. Gauss's presumed method was
  38. Since" Doyenne" is a colloquial French-Canadian expression of surprise and, astonishment ,meaning" Good Grief" or" My Goodness ". However, as John Brown's detailed
  39. Donald Knuth, who uses decimal notation like 1 MB = 1000 KB, expressed ", astonishment ," that the IEC proposal was adopted, calling them" funny-sounding" and
  40. To you. " These acts created a sensation, and he wrote in his diary: ... great, astonishment ,in the Roman, Italian and international press. I was hemmed in on all sides:
  41. ship's sailing ability, Hull had managed to surprise the British and to their, astonishment , many of their shot rebounded harmlessly off Constitutions hull. A sailor
  42. There, and showed a tender solicitude for his wife and children. To his great, astonishment ,a French scholar found him rocking the cradle with one hand, and holding a book
  43. To pass through the gold sheet without significant deflection. To their, astonishment , a small fraction of the alpha particles experienced heavy deflection. This led
  44. Pasadena reenters, and the happy couple is united, stuttering at first in, astonishment ,(Duet:" Pa … pa … pa ..." ). The traitorous Monostatos appears with the
  45. With introducing the fork to Western Europe - choreographers mention the, astonishment ,she caused when she" used a golden double prong to bring food to her mouth "
  46. Requesting that he ensure Gauss' safety. He replied, How can I describe my, astonishment ,and admiration on seeing my esteemed correspondent M Leblanc metamorphosed into
  47. Few minutes later, did not look dead at all but so alive with some mockery and, astonishment ,on his face. He was 61. Only eight people were present at his cremation. Martha
  48. Argument ... with such a power of eloquence, that Hogarth looked at him with, astonishment , and actually imagined that this idiot had been at the moment inspired ". While
  49. From those interested in purchasing an oil of the ducks, much to his, astonishment ,the response quickly outstripped what he reasonably could produce in the next
  50. He meets a group of older men led by a man named Granger, who,to Montag's, astonishment , have memorized entire books, preserving them orally until the law against

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