The main problem this time out is that there is very little sense of newness for us in the audience, or even a shred
of amazement from any of the characters as to the astonishing events.
Not exact matches
In February 2009, I watched the live CNBC report by Rick Santelli
from the floor
of the Chicago Board
of Trade in
amazement as he launched into a diatribe against Nancy Pelosi's Congress and the President for their plan to reward bad behavior by having fiscally responsible citizens help pay the mortgages
of those who have been less responsible.
I suspect that it derives
from an observation found at the end of his collection of anecdotes titled From My African Notebooks, where he expresses his amazement at the great contrasts between Europe and Afr
from an observation found at the end
of his collection
of anecdotes titled
From My African Notebooks, where he expresses his amazement at the great contrasts between Europe and Afr
From My African Notebooks, where he expresses his
amazement at the great contrasts between Europe and Africa.
The revelatory character
of sacred writings results essentially
from their powerful exemplification
of the first two fundamentals
of religious experience: In the first place, there is the marked element
of surprise,
of wonder and
amazement at the new and wholly unexpected things that have come to pass (e.g., deliverance
of the Hebrews
from Egypt or
from Babylon, the sense
of a living presence among the disciples who had witnessed Jesus» crucifixion).
This sense
of amazement can be illustrated by quoting numerous philosophers
from varying philosophical positions.
So there's not a true opposition
from our families to one
of us staying home; there was just a bit
of amazement and wonder that it was me who was staying home.
One
of the challenges
of this view is that if Mark truly ended his narrative here, he seems to have concluded by deliberately not concluding, by dangling something incomplete and unsatisfying before the reader in the final verse: «So they went out and fled
from the tomb, for terror and
amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.»
«I was with a group
of Fifa referees
from Nigeria who watched with
amazement.
For him, he continued, the trail
of research that led to induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells — the epochal advance that earned him the prize — began with his
amazement at a photograph
of a Drosophila (fruit fly) with a leg emerging
from its eye.
I thought America was a country where everyone traveled around, but to my
amazement, a lot
of the people I met told me they had never driven more than 10 miles
from their town.
«That's how you can go
from a lab experiment a cubic millimeter in size to saying sweeping things like, «The whole process
of differentiation and core formation wrapped up very fast in geologic terms, taking only a few million years,»» he says with a lingering flutter
of amazement in his voice.
With the crunch
of the cacao nibs, mint flavor
from NuNaturals Cocoa Mint Syrup, and the chocolate, your taste buds will be in
amazement.
I am always in
amazement at how much importance people place on the concept
of «trust» in a relationship, yet rarely do they take proactive steps to validate that the person is trustworthy
from the beginning, in the dating stages.
Amour is everything you expect
from Haneke, minus the pretentious self
amazement and needless moments
of shock that have plagued some
of his previous films like the remake
of his «Funny Games».
Looking to score some weed
from a group
of pushers, he gets ripped off, threatened with a pistol, but scares the tough guys away when he produces an automatic
from the trunk
of his car, firing it into the air, all to the
amazement of his sedate friend David.
Capture the roar
of approval
from the crowd and the look
of amazement on the Moto X rider's face as he realizes he's just beaten his hero to win the gold medal.
Read about Carol Edgarian's Three Stages
of Amazement and Jennifer Egan's A Visit
from the Goon Squad, the two books that Packer is recommending these days.
He sings to let her know he's there, to stay anchored to the earth, to keep
from laughing or crying in
amazement that he is lying with Alice in his arms, he sings as if music could keep her alive, as if music could feed her soul, as if music could weave a protective spell around her to survive these days and these weeks and these months and these years, he sings as if he could give her a piece
of himself, which will ring inside
of her like a bell, like a promise, like hope whenever she needs him; and in his singing, he promises her every single thing he can think
of, and more.
And the remarks attributed did come
from VP Russ Grandinetti, but that's really where the
amazement of the announcement stopped.
«Babelcube works so well, to my
amazement - I never expected to get this many «takers» for my books in the first few weeks after launch, but it didn't take long before every single one
of them was spoken for by translators
from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany.
We listened in
amazement as our guide explained that giant sturgeons - fish that have existed since the time dinosaurs roamed the earth and can live to well over one hundred years - once swam 1,200 miles upstream
from the delta to spawn in the section
of the river around Vienna.
If its lush jungle mountains that you seek than a simple turn and a blink
of an eye creates a 360 degree view that offers pure
amazement from every corner.
Wandering in
from the front
of the entrance
of The Rome Hello Hostel, my mouth grew open in
amazement as I reached the foyer past the eclectic street art designs that adorned the hall walls.I knew I was expecting this to be a brand new look feel, but what struck me was the homely feel already set in place.
Wonderful things often come
from the most unexpected
of places and, in this particular case, my sense
of amazement came
from a short but unbelievably beautiful game called AER: Memories
of Old.
The announcement
of a HD remake
of Tony Hawk: Pro Skater was made, to complete
amazement, with the complete absence
of the Bird - man himself, yet it turned out that he wasn't actually absent
from the awards as he strolled out onto stage to announce....
The team consists
of a healthy blend
of talented veterans
from Atari, Blizzard, Disney, Double Fine, Electronic Arts, LucasArts, SEGA and Pixar, as well as new blood
from the animation and comic book industries, all
of whom enjoy challenging their creative talents and seeing the world with
amazement every day.
For those
of you still unfamiliar with the demoparty concept, Blockparty 2010's organizers break it down: «set up a stage, invite programmers, artists and musicians
from around the world to enter competitions, watch in
amazement what comes out, and then hand out prizes to the best
of the bunch.»
From the exhibition press release:» «Bedazzled» implies
amazement, to be overwhelmed to the point
of confusion; going beyond our senses and reason.
When I posted a video
of unicycling on the streets
of Manhattan, responses ranged
from outrage at the disregard for road rules, through to wonder and
amazement.
There, to Nicol's
amazement he found nothing apart
from the oft quoted: «We believe that most
of the increase in global temperatures during the second half
of the 20th century was very likely due to increases in the concentration
of atmospheric carbon dioxide».
Even though it had started in the mid-nineties, free online law still generated a lot
of amazement (with a mix
of reasonable skepticism): All cases
from all courts and tribunals would be searchable online without a fee?