And how extraordinary, speaking of risk factors, that the rotten luck of our fellow humans still perplexes us almost as much as the luck of that petrified reptile.
"But Obama's rocket ride to the White House, his extraordinary speaking skills, and his smooth, I-don't-sweat style had some people calling him 'the one,' a once-in-a-generation political leader who could rise above his predecessors' foibles".
Sometimes Mr. Marker lets his extraordinary material speak for itself: here is an American pilot, nattering away as he bombs a suspected Vietcong encampment; here is Che Guevara, wandering dispiritedly in the Bolivian jungle.
"These extraordinary surveys speak volumes about the challenges facing women and girls in Afghanistan," Bellamy said.
The New European's editor, Matt Kelly, called the diaries "extraordinary" and spoke of it being "a great coup for us to serialise them".
Aleksandr Baunov, in a recent essay for the magazine Slon, said even Mr. Putin's extraordinary public speaking — he called him the "Cicero of the people" — had lost the power to make Russians listen.
His extraordinary record speaks for itself.
The Toronto Rave Community would have our heads if we omitted the one and only Andy C, but to tell you the truth, his extraordinary talent speaks for itself.
The current display was tailored to the show's needs, allowing the "extraordinary items to speak for themselves," said Mr. Fafalios, who undertook the exhibition's design.
But what does it say about our society that Cross needed extraordinary courage to speak at the sentencing hearing of his high school wrestling coach, Dennis Hastert? Do we want to live in a world in which crime victims do not feel comfortable sharing their stories?
