In many ways, it was a tumultuous year, loaded with astonishing moments.

But nothing that follows those astonishing first moments quite equals them, and they cast their spell once again at the Joyce.

He was still trying to come to terms with that astonishing moment when their minds had briefly touched.

Though formally matter-of-fact, these pictures achieve some astonishing moments of psychological depth.

For an astonishing moment, he held out.

It was an astonishing moment of pain and pleasure.

They create astonishing moments on the most beautiful bodies of water in America as new settings raise athletes to greater heights.

For a single, astonishing moment, he thought he caught a glimpse of Kellein in the crowd.

"It was the most astonishing moment," Ms. Styron said later.

But the most astonishing moments came where Iven was allowed to sink into delicately shaped intimacy.