The most surprising thing about the Twenty-second Congress of the Soviet Communist Party is that it is surprising -- perhaps quite as much, in its own way, as the Twentieth Congress of 1956, which ended with that famous `` secret '' report on Stalin.

Secondly, to find a learned diversion and a pleasing joke in More's account of the stupid brutalities of early sixteenth century wars, of the anguish of the poor and dispossessed, of the insolence and cruelty of the rich and powerful requires a callousness toward suffering and sin that would be surprising in a moral imbecile and most surprising in More himself.

Indeed, it is even surprising in the Canon of Christ Church and Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, who fathered this most peculiar view, and in the brilliant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge, who inherited it and is now its most eminent proponent.

This surprising depiction shows most evidently in the most savage of the savages, the cannibals.

Thanks to the sudden and surprising maturation of most of the aforementioned players ( specifically the pitching ), the Royals won their fifth division championship in 1984, relying on Brett's bat and the young pitching staff of Saberhagen, Gubicza, Charlie Leibrandt, Black and Jackson.

In accordance to that, it is not surprising, despite a somewhat greater risk of psychological disorder, most adopted children excel, especially when they're adopted as infants.

The surprising success of Noon Wine laid the groundwork for one of the most explosive comebacks in film history.

Despite their alleged forthcoming help the Venetian fleet carried over the Turkish army from Asia into Europe and failed to sail to Varna, a surprising move that Władysław and his most senior military commander Hunyadi failed to anticipate.

Because the danger of desiccation is greatest during the day and in dry weather, it is not surprising that velvet worms are usually most active at night and during rainy weather.

The film proved a surprising success upon its release and became Eastwood's most commercially successful film at the time.

* Internet searches yield some other sites with fragmentary information, although a lot is derived from Poe's works, and most of the rest from Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii-but since this was the major work of the time in that field, this is not surprising.

Data from Hipparcos yielded a surprising result, namely a distance of only 118 parsecs by measuring the parallax of stars in the cluster — a technique that should yield the most direct and accurate results.

The first of these friendships began when Margaret Wintringham was elected after Astor had been in office for two years, but the most surprising might have been her friendship with " Red Ellen " Wilkinson, a former Communist representative in the Labour Party.

The most surprising revision is that, unlike, for example, the famous Cantino World Map, the Vinland Map depicts Greenland as an island, remarkably close to the correct shape and orientation ( while Norway, of which Greenland was just a colony, is wildly inaccurate ) although contemporary Scandinavian accounts — including the work of Claudius Clavus in the 1420s — depict Greenland as a peninsula joined to northern Russia.

Odom, Alston, Haslem and Wade teamed up with Grant, Jones, Allen and both Butlers formed one of the most surprising teams of the season.

), it is not surprising that the tribes who occupied the area historically were some of the most complex hunter-gatherer-fishers in history.

With Dublin, an early Viking settlement, as the setting for Finnegans Wake, it is perhaps not surprising that Joyce incorporated a number of Norwegian linguistic and cultural elements into the work ( notably Riksmål references for the most part ).

Deriving from earlier varieties of gnosticism, Cathar theology found its most surprising success in the Languedoc and the Cathars were known as Albigensians, either because of an association with the city of Albi, or because the 1176 Church Council which declared the Cathar doctrine heretical was held near Albi.

He was chiefly concern'd in designing and building a great number of magnificent Nobleman's Houses, and particularly ( with Sir John Vanbrugh ) those of Blenheim and Castle-Howard, at the latter of which he was at his Death, carrying on a Mausoleum in the most elegant and grand Stile ( sic ), not to mention many others: But one of the most surprising of his undertakings, was the repairing of Beverley Minster, where the stone wall on the north-side was near three Foot out of the perpendicular, which he mov'd at once to its upright by means of a machine of his own invention.

The film's relatively strong sexual content ensured it an " X " certificate, but it was saved from failure when Associated British Cinemas agreed to distribute it, making it a surprising commercial success-it was the third most popular movie at the British box office in 1959 after Carry on Nurse and Inn of the Sixth Happiness.

Bernard would later comment that Gerard was his most formidable opponent during the whole schism.

" Conner's comment on Ike was, " is one of the most capable, efficient and loyal officers I have ever met.

Never commercial enterprises, most science fiction fanzines were ( and many still are ) available for " the usual ," meaning that a sample issue will be mailed on request ; to receive further issues, a reader sends a " letter of comment " ( LoC ) about the fanzine to the editor.

Unlike most major shifts in scientific thought, special relativity was adopted by the scientific community remarkably quickly, consistent with Einstein's later comment that the laws of physics described by the Special Theory were " ripe for discovery " in 1905.

For the most part, Abdul refused to comment on Clark's allegations.

The same report asserts " Writer Matthew Richardson says the song was most likely written as a carefully worded political allegory to record and comment on the events of the shearers ' strike.

Michael Ondaatje stated in an interview on BBC Radio 4 broadcast 9 August 2012, that most people think this comment is attributed to Kip, but it was in fact Caravaggio.

Although the limit of their conversation was Marie Antoinette's banal comment to the royal mistress that, " there are a lot of people at Versailles today ", Mme du Barry was satisfied and the crisis, for the most part, dissipated.

When Linda Evangelista mentioned to Vogue that " we don ’ t wake up for less than $ 10, 000 a day ", she may have been playfully pretending the role of an up-scale union representative, but the 1990 comment became the most notorious quote in modeling history.

The Court deals with about 8, 800 cases per year, although review is discretionary in most cases, and it dismisses the vast majority of petitions without comment.

Although the book shows some signs of immaturity — this was James's first serious attempt at a full-length novel — it has attracted favourable comment due to the vivid realisation of the three major characters: Roderick Hudson, superbly gifted but unstable and unreliable ; Rowland Mallet, Roderick's limited but much more mature friend and patron ; and Christina Light, one of James's most enchanting and maddening femmes fatale.

However, most of the time the performers were replaced without comment such as the disappearances of Robin, Kenny, Devyn, Connie, Stacy, Richie and Ryan.

* The power gained simply from being central to most significant decision-making, and from being able to comment on and criticise any decisions taken by other ministers.

Since most lineages with exoskeletons are thought to have started out with a non-mineralised exoskeleton which they later mineralised, this makes it difficult to comment on the very early evolution of each lineage's exoskeleton.

In 2004, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on whether EAS in its present form is the most effective mechanism for warning the American public of an emergency and, if not, on how EAS can be improved, such as mandatory text messages to cellphones, regardless of subscription.

Douglas Hurd, once Home's private secretary, and many years later his successor ( after seven intermediate holders of the post ) as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, wrote this personal comment: " The three most courteous men I knew in politics were Lord Home, King Hussein of Jordan, and President Nelson Mandela.

Beelzebub's Tales is included in Martin Seymour-Smith's 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written, with the comment that it is "... the most convincing fusion of Eastern and Western thought has yet been seen.

The most infamous of Gallagher's controversial statements was in a 1995 interview with The Observer, where he expressed a wish for Damon Albarn and Alex James of rivals Blur to " catch AIDS and die ", a comment which he quickly apologised publicly for, and stated that " AIDS is no laughing matter.

More recently, it has been described as " Velázquez's supreme achievement, a highly self-conscious, calculated demonstration of what painting could achieve, and perhaps the most searching comment ever made on the possibilities of the easel painting ".

The most absurd part of this absurd fraud ( at least, to English eyes ) is one which, oddly enough, has received comparatively little comment.

In most, the telling of the fable precedes the drawing of a moral in terms of contemporary behaviour, but two comment on this with only contextual reference to fables not recounted in the text.

Rudyard Kipling's For all we have and are aroused most comment.

Nevertheless, their brilliance is incontrovertible, such as this timeless comment: " The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust.

Accum paid particular attention to beer, introducing the subject with the comment: " Malt beverages, and especially port, the preferred drink of the inhabitants of London and other large cities, is among the items which is most frequently adulterated in the course of supply.