According to a large clinical trial in Europe, statins are astonishingly effective, cutting the risk of heart attack or stroke by one-third.

It's minimalist management and it's been astonishingly effective.

He would have been an astonishingly effective field agent.

Writing not only clarifies what you already know; it is also an astonishingly effective way to learn something new.

When he gets a chance to use his voice, occasionally dropping into a murmur of plaintiveness, Mr. Willis is astonishingly effective.

And that's an astonishingly effective way to home in on what does work.

The report shows that the international sanctions that Mr. Bush dismissed and demeaned before the war - and still does - were astonishingly effective.

Its contents were aromatic, unfamiliar but astonishingly effective, for as soon as they passed my lips I felt a surge of strength; consciousness was restored.

One such jig that is astonishingly effective on stripers was created by the late Al Reinfelder and Lou Palma.