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 by the writings of William Penn, George Fox, and Quaker beliefs, in 1796 he joined the Society of Friends.

Impressed with his work, director George Lucas met with him to discuss his plans for a space-fantasy film.

Impressed with Johnson's work, Star Wars creator George Lucas visited him during the production of the TV series to offer him the role of special effects supervisor for the first film ; already contracted for Year Two of Space: 1999, however, Johnson was unable to accept.

Impressed, George Steinbrenner and his New York Yankees traded Jay Buhner to Seattle in exchange for Phelps, who already had Don Mattingly and Jack Clark to play first base and DH.

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 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 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 by Baker upon meeting him, Letts was convinced he was right for the part after seeing his performance in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad.

Impressed with the album, Eminem invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to Dr. Dre.

Impressed by the art of Henry Beyle ( Stendhal ), he struck out on a new course at a moment when the realist school was the vogue in French fiction.

Impressed by the boy, Chao Phraya Chakri ( Mhud ), who was the Samuhanayok ( สม ุ หนายก Prime Minister ) in King Boromakot's reign, adopted him and gave him the Thai name Sin ( ส ิ น ) meaning money or treasure.

His next ( self titled ) album, cut for RCA in 1968, was another classic and featured probably his most famous composition, " The Hipster ", which has become a perennial fixture on the playlists at jazz clubs and was included on Gilles Peterson's recent Impressed Vol.

Impressed by his skill and the purity of the design, Gabrielli asked Batoni to see some of his works, and when conducted to the painter's studio he was so awed by his talent that he offered him to paint a new altarpiece for the chapel of his family in San Gregorio Magno al Celio, the Madonna on a Throne with child and four Saints and Blesseds of the Gabrielli family ( 1739 ).

Impressed with his abilities, Mountbatten made Rajaji his second choice to succeed him after Vallabhbhai Patel, when he was to leave India in June 1948.

Impressed by Rocker's speech, the speaker that followed Rocker, who was not from Mainz and therefore did not know at what point the police would intervene, advised the unemployed to take from the rich, rather to starve.

Impressed by his muscle power Mulayam was rewarded the political pocket of Jaswantnagar by Singh.

Impressed by Sokollu Mehmed Paşa, the Sultan made him the Third Vizier in 1555 and he was given a place in the Imperial Council.

Impressed by his honesty, Tanaka kept quiet about the incident and instead explains to Dux's parents that he intends to train their son in martial science, although it first appears that Frank was only meant to serve as his son Shingo's ' practice dummy ' as a punishment for his break-in.

Impressed by the viability of the Impact, and motivated by GM's promise to produce the Impact, the California Air Resources Board ( CARB ) moved on a large environmental initiative, ruled that each of the U. S .' s seven largest carmakers — the largest of which was GM — would be required to make 2 % of its fleet emission-free by 1998, 5 % by 2001, and 10 % by 2003, in accordance with consumer demand, in order to continue to sell cars in California.

Impressed with Anderson's idea, Davis thought the story was like Jaws in that it " just drew you in, it drew you in ".

Impressed with Taishaku-ten's strength, the only trait which she admires, she swore herself to his service when she was just a small child.

Impressed with his performance, he was then offered a test drive in the Jordan-Honda EJ11 at Silverstone in September.

Impressed with Krishnamacharya ’ s knowledge as a scholar and his mastery of yoga, Amarnātha Jhā, the son of Gaṅgānāth Jhā, introduced Krishnamacharya to various monarchs, and he was widely honoured by them.

Impressed by the double overhead cam, four-valve-per-cylinder design, which was a great leap forward at the time, they designed an engine on similar principles.

Impressed by the social revolution that had unfolded in Spain, White was further attracted to the anarchist cause due to his own latent anti-Stalinism.

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.