Impressed by the museums in London, Paris and Vienna, he established the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.

Impressed by Brâncuși's talent for carving, an industrialist entered him in the Craiova School of Arts and Crafts ( școala de arte și meserii ), where he pursued his love for woodworking, graduating with honors in 1898.

Impressed by Coppola's perseverance and dedication, Corman hired him as dialogue director on Tower of London ( 1962 ), sound man for The Young Racers ( 1963 ) and associate producer of The Terror ( 1963 ).

Impressed by the victory of the Lebanese ruler, the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul gave him the title of Sultan al Barr ( Sultan of Land ).

Impressed by Shang-Chi's skills, Spider-Man asked him to teach him some moves.

Impressed by the German campaign of 1940 against France, the Soviet People's Commissariat of Defence ( Defence Ministry, Russian abbreviation NKO ) ordered the creation of nine mechanized corps on 6 July 1940.

Impressed by the fate of the city, the relics, and not least legend's excessive descriptions, the German poet Detlev von Liliencron wrote a popular poem called " Trutz, Blanke Hans " about this lost city which starts with the words: " Heut bin ich über Rungholt gefahren, die Stadt ging unter vor sechshundert Jahren ".

Impressed by this, the Prince Regent ( the future George IV ) gave Scott permission to search for the fabled but long-lost Crown Jewels (" Honours of Scotland "), which during the years of the Protectorate under Cromwell had been squirrelled away and had last been used to crown Charles II.

Impressed by Horkheimer's book of aphorisms, Dawn and Decline, Adorno began working on his own book of aphorisms, what would later become Minima Moralia.

Impressed by Vivekananda's views on science and leadership abilities, Tata wanted him to guide his campaign.

Impressed by his knowledge and skills, Blair Mayne enlisted Samuel into the Commandos in 1941.

Impressed by British economic success he had witnessed while Ambassador, he successfully implemented similar economic policies in Portugal.

Impressed by Proudhon's corrections of one of his Latin manuscripts, Fallot sought out his friendship, and the two were soon regularly spending their evenings together discussing French literature by Montaigne, Rabelais, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, and many other authors to whom Proudhon had not been exposed during his years of theological readings.

" Impressed by Raeder's arguments, Hitler ordered the naval general staff to start planning for an invasion of Norway in October 1939.

Impressed by this phenomenon, Pelayo appeared before the bishop of Iria Flavia, Teodomirus, who – after having heard the hermit – visited the location with his retinue.

Impressed with the human and material bounties yielded by the first expedition, they commissioned Columbus for a second expedition, and provided 17 ships, some 1, 500 soldiers, cavalry, and weapons ( cannon, crossbows, guns, and attack dogs ).

Impressed by the Army Air Force in November 1942 for use as a VIP transport and designated a UC-103, it crashed in the southern Florida Everglades in early 1943.

Impressed by her performance in this film, but aware of Colbert's sensitivity, David O. Selznick approached her to play the lead role in Since You Went Away ( 1944 ).

Impressed by her wisdom and beauty, they were married in the same year.

* Impressed by Rome's defeat of Pyrrhus, Ptolemy II sends a friendly embassy.

Impressed by writer Roy Clarke's ability to inject comedy into the drama, Wood offered Clarke the opportunity to write a sitcom.

Impressed by the astrological emblems at the front of the book, young Leo combines them in his mind with the idea that he is living at the turn of the 20th century.

Impressed by his organisational and military skills, the Christian Democrats put him in command of their partisan forces.

Impressed by the low bid for the contract to build it by Fox and Henderson, the commission accepted the scheme.

Impressed with the results, Melson later recalled, " We stood in the studio, listening to the playbacks and thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world ".

Impressed by her no-nonsense manners and unique voice, the agency later asked her to sign a contract as an actress for the agency.

Impressed by the capabilities he had witnessed, Porte persuaded the Admiralty to commandeer ( and later, purchase ) the America and her sister from Curtiss.

Impressed with Mieda's enthusiasm, Kato asked him to build a prototype and 18 months later Mieda returned with a programmable organ.

" Impressed by the answer, Cao wanted to spare his life, but Xu You urged Cao to kill Chunyu, saying that Chunyu would take revenge later on him for cutting off his nose.

Impressed with his defensive potential, the Flames later chose Regehr to complete that trade.

Impressed by his work on The Silver Fleet ( 1943 ) for their Archers Film Productions, Powell & Pressburger (' The Archers ') hired Hillier as cinematographer on A Canterbury Tale ( 1944 ), a film about which Powell later said Hillier " did a marvelous job ".

Impressed with his Broadway performances, Webber selected Vincent to travel through China in 2001, introducing the composer's music in a cultural exchange production later released on DVD as Andrew Lloyd Webber-Masterpiece ( Live in Beijing ).

Impressed by her beauty, her warrior skills, and the fact that she was able to locate him, she is promoted to a position similar to that later held by her half-sister, Talia.

Impressed by Patchs performance on Guadalcanal, General Marshall ordered him to the European Theater of Operations, where he took over command of the Seventh Army from General Mark Clark.

Impressed with the script, he asked his agent to follow its progress and book him an audition, with which he won the role.

Impressed with his performance, Madhava Rao was transferred to the Revenue Department in which he rose step by step to become Diwan in 1857.

Impressed as his mind was with his interesting dream, and habituated as he is ... to the momentary production of verse, will he venture to assert that he did not compose, and that he did remember, the lines before us?

Impressed with Riefenstahl ’ s work, Hitler asked her to film the upcoming 1934 Party rally in Nuremberg, the sixth such rally.

Impressed with Lustig's integrity, Capone gave him $ 5, 000.

Impressed with Bruce's vocals and technical prowess, Clapton wanted to work with him on an ongoing basis.

Impressed with the ratings boon that resulted when Price and Match were paired in afternoons, CBS soon realized that in the morning slot that Price had left behind, they had a ratings crisis.

Impressed with his abilities as a guitarist, former Superjesus manager Dan Hennessy took a keen interest in the band and when he took over as A & R chief at Warner Bros. Records Australia, Weta were added to their roster and the band moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1998.

* Impressed with the Spartan victory, the inhabitants of Argos change their government from democracy to oligarchy and end their support for Athens in favour of an alliance with Sparta.

Impressed with the red-white jersey of the English club, the board decided that Sunderland's colours ( red-white striped jersey, black shorts ) would henceforth be the colours of Sparta.

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system ; hence the selection of the fittest characters to expound the law, and dispense justice, has been an invariable object of my anxious concern.

Impressed with his ratings success, NBC approached Stern with an offer to work afternoons at WNBC in New York City.

Impressed with the possibilities of the area while gathering wild hay there in early 1859, Warren P. Brady and Jehu Cox wrote to Brigham Young asking for permission to create a settlement.

Impressed with what he found, Inama extolled the virtues of Roxbury to his superiors in Austria:

Impressed with Dempsey's performance in that fight, young Schmeling became determined to imitate his new hero.

Impressed with Crawford's passion and enthusiasm, Watt and Hurley agreed to give the inexperienced " kid " from Ohio a shot and the band was formed.

Impressed with the possibility of presenting Leavenworth as a progressive rehabilitation penitentiary, the new warden furnished Stroud with cages, chemicals, and stationery to conduct his ornithological activities.