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

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 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 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 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.

Impressed with the group's material, he brought the trio to the attention of Lorne Michaels, the producer of Saturday Night Live, who agreed to see them.

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

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 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 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 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 girls, Reid renamed the group " TLC " ( an acronym of the first letters of each of their names ) and arranged an audition for them with local record label LaFace Records, run by Kenneth " Babyface " Edmonds and Reid's then-husband, Antonio " L. A ." Reid.

Impressed by the band's charged sexuality, Suede's first sequence of singles and debut album shocked audiences and critics alike.

Impressed by her screen persona, Sheehan signed her for a short-term six-month contract at Fox, under the name Rita Cansino, the first of name changes for her film career.

Impressed by Abram's small scrap pile and efficient work habits, Morash invited Abram to help with the renovation of a rundown Victorian house in Boston's historic Dorchester section, with a WGBH camera crew recording the process for the first This Old House project with host Bob Vila.

Impressed with her persona, Combs contracted her as the company's first female artist to his Bad Boy Entertainment during 1994.

Impressed by her strong yet sweet voice, Igarashi asked her to join as a duo, and then asked his guitarist friend Ichiro Ito, then working as a studio receptionist, to help on the first single " Feel My Heart ", created by Igarashi.

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 photomontage of the German Dadaists, Rodchenko began his own experiments in the medium, first employing found images in 1923, and from 1924 on shooting his own photographs as well.

Impressed with the efforts of the heroes, Jherek ( another NPC from the first game ) inducts them into the Harpers.

Impressed by a home demo of his songs, both Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey ( a former classmate from Hucklow Middle School ) urged Hawley to record his first eponymous mini-album, released in 2000.

Impressed by the band, Cheree immediately offered to release the band's first recordings.

Impressed by what he saw, and aware Americans had begun copying the idea, in 1866 he opened what became the first department store in Canada.

Impressed by the transparent structure of Esperanto and by its capacity for expression which, he thought, could be picked up astonishingly quickly, Grabowski traveled to Warsaw to visit Zamenhof, where the two held the first oral conversation in Esperanto.

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 with Washington's energy and talents, Lord Fairfax employed him ( his first job ever ) to survey his lands lying west of the Blue Ridge.

Impressed by the music of The Clash, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks and other bands, he went to see first punk rock concert in Poland, featuring The Raincoats ( April 1, 1978, at Riviera Remont Student Culture Center in Warsaw ).

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 by the economic impact of the initiative, the government passed the Marine Police Bill on 28 July 1800, making it one of the first publicly funded police force.

Impressed by the historic significance of the hill, and the commanding view it offered over the colony he had established, Raffles built his first residence on the hill.