1.  The striking thing about the first term is the extent to which the major accomplishments were political rather than substantive.

2.  The striking thing was that like the golden ball Mungo had found at the barrow, these were not of modern design.

3.  Anyone who has sampled the hate sites on the Web cannot help but notice a striking thing.

4.  At first glance, the most striking thing about the BART tube is how clean it is.

5.  Between the two poles of failure or advancement, the most striking thing is that for most families little has changed.

6.  But the most striking thing about the crowd was its diversity.

7.  But the most striking thing about his declaration was that it had nothing to do with the actual problem.

8.  But the most striking thing about the Spangler Center, the new student union at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Mass. is the view from the front door.

9.  But the striking thing about it was how few people realized it was fiction.

10.  But, besides Tommy Trout, there were two striking things about that breakfast.