At any moment an incident might tug the top layer from person and reveal an astonishment of traits below.
The certificate described Herriman's race as "colored," Berger revealed, to the astonishment of many readers (Ralph Ellison among them).
P.S. New York's cinephiles did "Numéro Zéro" honor on Sunday, with their attendance; the house was almost full with what seemed like a reunion of friends and friends of friends; lobby-and-curbside conversation afterwards revealed that the astonishment of the experience had been more or less universally shared.
"What has that got to do with the Tower?" one executive asked, his face revealing his genuine astonishment.
Then in 2008 it was opened by archaeologists during work on the building, revealing to their astonishment the beautifully preserved coffin.
In focusing on selective histories of what now seem largely mundane, unremarkable innovations in illumination, Sandy Isenstadt reveals the initial astonishment that greeted their world-changing capacities, the sense of wonder that prefigured their rapid transformation into institutionalized, standardized modern technologies.
There will undoubtedly be those who are stunned by the sheer cumulative potency of the diaries' meticulous and awful revelations and Klemperer's letter-to-myself writing style, which reveals his grievous astonishment that such things could be real.
And there it is reported to reveal the US astonishment at the government's failure in 2013 to win a vote for military action against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
But if they do come out with a car that's actually going to be available for people to buy and drive in the relatively near future, expect a lot more astonishment than when they revealed their 3D Batmobile fan art.
The FSA's decision, revealed by the Guardian, was greeted with astonishment in the financial community and means no action will be taken against the bank or any of its former directors, including former chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin.
As Amiri and I paged through the slides, our astonishment mounted at the relationships it revealed.
