He says he was startled to find that planning documents have such little influence.

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He is startled to see: The moon's full gaze on me.

他见到这些都十分惊诧：,月亮死死的盯着我。，…

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Startled by the intense beam he generated when he rigged the diode to his bike generator, he recalls saying to his partner, "Good God,a child could read by the light of a single diode."

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He startled keeper Edwin van der Sar, who was left motionless by the Russian's emphatic 20-yard shot.

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He is startled by this movement, the first he has made for some time.

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Darden said he was even more startled he returned to his Georgia home and read his e-mails with U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and realized he had been at the White House on the wrong day.

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