Vibrantly colourful, semi-abstract and with strangely faceless figures, these are the artist's most startlingly modern works.

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Most startlingly of all, he said G4S regarded South Africa as the most dangerous country in the world, ahead of even Iraq and Afghanistan.

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As a result, most Brazilians retire startlingly early: at 54 on average for a man in the private sector, and just 52 for a woman.

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That is a startlingly high response rate for most any kind of marketing pitch, especially in this era of advertising clutter.

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