But in the final two events, the parallel bars and the high bar, he earned stunning marks that, when coupled with faltering performances by some leading competitors, propelled him to the head of the pack.
And in that respect, "The level of ignorance among some of the Republican presidential candidates about monetary policy is stunning," Mark Gertler, a professor of economics at New York University, said this week.
Or go too to the stunning Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, where the author wrote many of his major works; he considered that house to have "a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies".
This stunning gap marks Mr Bush as even more divisive than Bill Clinton, who suffered just as much from Republicans' hostility as Mr Bush does from Democrats'.
A similar stunning contrast marks two large pieces, 61 inches by 68 3/4 inches and 61 1/4 inches by 65 1/2 inches, painted in 1490 by Piero di Cosimo of Italy.
Intel's budget is particularly stunning since 2005 marked a 55% increase over the $3.8 billion it spent in 2004.
First announced in February, the deal set a stunning high-water mark for an acquisition of a venture-capital-backed technology start-up.
Various stunning musical performances marked the extravaganza, with a new generation of performers like MC Soffia, a 12-year-old rapper from São Paulo's hardscrabble periphery joining giants of Brazilian music like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.
