Hearst remembers startling members of a consulting firm when they met for the first time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

In editorials, The Washington Post called the review "startling,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Once agian,Ronald Suny. "What's startling is that two important countries have not recognized it - the United States,repeatedly, because of its alliance with Turkey, its strategic interest in the region, its need for Turkey as a NATO ally, in its war against Iraq, has not recognized it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19