In the hands of a skilled writer, especially one who has committed years to observing and thinking about some small corner of existence -- poets such as Jack Gilbert, Mary Oliver and Louise Glück -- this poetry can achieve breathtaking effects that are all the more mystifying because, at first, we can find no apparent cause for this sudden in-rush of energy.
And with their four-year target achieved, however breathtaking its manner, they were not staying on for the parade, but moving on to the next stage of their plan.
Her latest large-format eye-opener achieves a breathtaking new perspective on Earthly life by floating cameras among astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Interesting is an understatement here; what Horsthuis achieves is breathtaking.
Whatever else may be true, this aim at least has been achieved on a breathtaking scale, as the enormous growth in the number of state and federal prisoners in the United States (some 2.3 million in year 2015, including over 3,000 on "death row") attests.
There is literally nothing else like it---certainly none of the futuristic Call of Duty games ever achieved the same breathtaking speed and grace you'd find in a match of Titanfall 1 or 2. Meanwhile, while the original Titanfall didn't have a campaign, the sequel had one that wasn't just good, it was outstanding.
China's nuclear pioneers achieved their mission with breathtaking speed.
It is an idea of breathtaking simplicity, achieved with techniques of mindboggling ambition and expense.
The speed with which Janacek disposes of the action, culminating in Katya's suicide, is breathtaking, yet achieved without skimping.
As I discuss in my book Unscaled, AI, coupled with powerful platforms, now allows innovators to achieve impact at breathtaking speed.
