The number of A-list Hollywood stars who blacked up for roles — Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire — is rather astonishing.
9.11pm: "Given Hannover is approx 1,700 kilometres from Bilbao, it would be rather astonishing if Llorente or Muniain managed to bother Zieler.
It becomes clear while reading "Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters" that, to a remarkable degree, each was dependent on the other for encouragement and advice, and it's rather astonishing how well founded their mutual regard proved to be.
"It's rather astonishing to me that they had to agree to immunity to get these documents," said Preston Burton, a Washington lawyer who defended a former F.B.I. agent, Robert P. Hanssen, and other high-profile espionage defendants.
The picture that emerges is rather astonishing.
Taiwanese researchers have developed an LCD display where the crystals shift to give viewers optimal clarity no matter what angle it's being viewed from, which is rather astonishing but once you learn how it's being done I'm sure you won't be that impressed.
Take a few steps back, and it's rather astonishing that we're even discussing this.
It's rather astonishing when you think about it, but this is actually the first time such a thing has happened since Trump took office.
Given that the divergence between mitochondria (proteobacteria) and chloroplasts (cyanobacteria) spans billions of years of evolution [ 73], the notion that gene conversion is occurring between their respective genomes is rather astonishing.
RICHARD BRODY: Second, it's a year of radical cinema: it's actually rather astonishing that such movies as "Shutter Island" and "Somewhere" should be anywhere near the mainstream.
