The county's continuing largess to its insiders stands in startling contrast with its rigorous frugality in cutting funds for local soup kitchens and bus services.
Across the market square stands the startling sight of Piet Blom's 1970s Kubuswoningen, a forest of tilted yellow cubes hoisted aloft on pillars above the busy main road, forming a bizarre treehouse village – the pinnacle of his manifesto for "living as an urban roof".
But amidst all the to-and-fro stands a startling bit of medical history: Jett, who had chronic health problems including seizures, had been seriously ill with Kawasaki syndrome as a toddler.
In fact, much of his Twitter feed is distinctive only in its ordinariness — ordinariness that stands in such startling contrast to the horror of what happened last week in Boston.
In 1998 the twins painted "Nineteen Eighty Four (The storming of the Golden Temple)", their largest work (pictured), which depicts the Indian Army storming the Sikhs' Golden Temple that stands in a startling red pool of blood.
A sparkly arrival to Washington DC's sober National Mall, David Adjaye's new museum building stands like a startling golden crown, erupting from the lawn between the slender obelisk of the Washington monument and the blank stone mausoleum of the National Museum of American History.
Among all the private equity deals, the TXU experiment stands out for its startling scale.
One startling truth stands out among the accusations about the care of Brooke Astor in her old age: Mrs. Astor is not simply old, she is 104.
Amid all the early cacophony of the contest for the Republican nomination – the field may grow to as many as 20 – the rivalry between onetime friends and political soulmates Messrs Bush and Rubio stands apart as a startling story broadly described as ungrateful protégé turning on betrayed mentor.
In the dining room, the fireplaces have been lighted, the lighting is subdued and the African sculpture in alcoves illuminated from above so they stand out with startling effect.
