He was captured by television cameras moments after the attack, staggering bloodstained and blinded through the wreckage of the British consulate crying out 'I'm English, I'm English' through the clouds of dust and debris.
The grande bellezza, like the grande tristezza, can mean love, or sex, or art, or death, but above all it means Rome, and the city is evoked with staggering flair and attack.
Social landlords will be forced to reduce rents by 1% a year for four years after the chancellor attacked "staggering" rises in the social housing sector.
The ad complains that "Romney and his super PAC have spent a staggering $20 million brutally attacking fellow Republicans" and hammers Mr. Romney for "trying to hide from his big government Romneycare and his support for job killing cap-and-trade".
The staggering increase in attacks – up 100percentt compared to the same period last year – is directly correlated to the outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East, say the Community Security Trust (CST), the monitoring group fielding calls from victims.
"The naivety is staggering, they were still attacking at 3-1 and 3-2 with five or six men," said Hamann.
The number of young policemen struck down with it since the attacks is staggering, according to Al O'Leary of the police union.
But this settlement was torn up in Wednesday's budget as Osborne attacked the "staggering" rent increases that have seen social housing rents jump 20% since 2010.
Anyone who could claim that an attack of this staggering scale could be contrived or fabricated needs to check their conscience and their own moral compass.
Nonetheless, the sheer scale of the attack is quite staggering and many have assumed that is a factor that points to government involvement.
