Under these circumstances, the President's speech was most striking for what it did not mention: Afghanistan.
But most striking for me was the tone of the debate.
In person, Mr. Buchsbaum is most striking for a seeming lack of shrewdness.
The usefulness of singing as a pronunciation aid was most striking for me with Spanish.
But the conversation was most striking for two topics that weren't mentioned.
But Mr. Paterson's remarks were most striking for what was absent from them.
For all their differences, though, the gatherings on Sunday were most striking for what they had in common.
The decline in incarceration rates was most striking for black women, dropping 30.7 percent over the ten-year period.
Instead, according to an unscientific survey of, oh, about two dozen people, the ball was most striking for being organized and altogether manageable.
Mr. Schepkin's performance has an electrifying energy, but it is most striking for the florid ornamentation the pianist applies at every opportunity.
Maybe these composers should be called Texturalists, because in every case these works were most striking for the lively play of contrasting colors, tempos and dynamics that gave them a tactile sense of dimension.
