By W. E. Farbstein The New Yorker, December 7 , 1929P. 35 Some of the more astonishing instances of Dogged perserverance, noted in the daily press.
The New Yorker, December 7 , 1929P. 35 Some of the more astonishing instances of Dogged perserverance, noted in the daily press.
It called for ministers to take full responsibility, rather than just accountability, for the activities of their spads, pointing out that no minister in living memory has resigned over an adviser's behaviour, despite some "astonishing" instances.
Bride and groom embraced and kissed, and everyone applauded — both those who actually knew the couple and those for whom Ken and Destiny were an astonishing instance of that which is axiomatically impossible: a couple who had been persuaded to wed by the wedding industry itself.
In turn, her adopted family of friends and colleagues reciprocates: her assistant Malcolm Taylor has been with her for the past 25 years; and in an astonishing instance of employee devotion, Sweetpea, formerly Jane Slight, whom Holt re-christened after the baby character in the Popeye comic strip when they met 15 years ago, has adopted this pet-name by deed poll.
It's astonishing, for instance, that the movie system is so hooked still on counting swear words.
It is quite astonishing, for instance, that Turing, who was more or less an outcast, except among a small group of fellow logicians, during the two years he spent in Princeton, was recently voted the second-most influential alumnus of Princeton University (and this from a field going back to 1746!).
Yes, the official count of 8,175,133 was an all-time high for the city for a 10-year census, and the 2.1 percent increase came at a time when other major cities were in decline — Detroit's population, for instance, plunged an astonishing 25 percent.
Within the category organism, for instance, there is astonishing diversity.
An astonishing program known as Somalget, for instance, reportedly records nearly every cell phone call in … the Bahamas.
If you actually watch this segment, it is pretty clear that the concept of using the term "domestic terrorism" in this instance is a downright astonishing one to Chuck Todd.
