Astonishingly, ECB chairman Jean-Claude Trichet said in a press conference on Thursday that the central bank had to stick to its "doctrine" – a word closer to strict Catholic rule than to the ever changing financial markets.
Ministers who might have forseen impending disasters were left astonishingly ignorant of major developments in their portfolios.
"Lake Oku is an astonishingly beautiful lake," said Doherty-Bone.
Scott Stossel, deputy editor of the Atlantic magazine, went a step further and joked on his Twitter feed: "Huntsman daughters and Romney sons should get together and breed, creating a super-race of astonishingly beautiful Mormons".
Brines, who also astonishingly failed to award Celtic a late penalty on Tuesday, offered the latest evidence that Scotland's referees are bad, not biased.
But I'm still surprised that an awards jury didn't go for it – it doesn't feature in the drama-series or mini-series categories at all, with Hugo Blick's astonishingly spare writing passed over entirely.
From busy roads to quiet estate pathways, canal towpaths to back streets, they move with astonishingly little regard for anyone else, leaving old and young, pedestrians and fellow two-wheelers spinning in their self-righteous wake.
Astonishingly in the judge's ruling today, Oldfield was accused of "prejudice" in relation to the rowers, but the judiciary don't see fit to accuse themselves of the same thing – 78% of judges are Oxbridge-educated.
It's also an astonishingly beautiful city – if you can raise your eyes from the plate long enough to appreciate it.
Blaise Matuidi and Marco Verratti were superb until, astonishingly, Laurent Blanc took off Verratti with half an hour to play and PSG just a goal behind.
Stellar box office figures, sobbing acclaim and – astonishingly – near-blockbuster status in the US, means that Paddington has mutated into a bona fide cinematic hit.
