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как ни странно (As far back as the beginning of the 19th century, writers were warned to not place an adverb between a verb and the word to, an admonition which, oddly enough, still has some currency today. • His body was discovered fifty-five days later in the East River, 12 miles from the spot where he was last seen. Oddly enough, the coroner listed the cause of death as drowning, although a medical examination of the body indicated that he had died on land. denghu); как это ни странно; по странному стечению обстоятельств (ART Vancouver); странно (но); как ни странно (One of the most mysterious cases was that of Fordham student Patrick McNeil, who disappeared after leaving a Manhattan bar in 1997. His body was discovered fifty-five days later in the East River, 12 miles from the spot where he was last seen. Oddly enough, the coroner listed the cause of death as drowning, although a medical examination of the body indicated that he had died on land, suggesting a police cover-up similar to numerous other urban disappearances of young men.) • Suggesting that the strange saga of the mystery monoliths is far from over, a third such object has now been found atop a mountain in California. The piece, which was reportedly discovered on Wednesday morning by hikers on Pine Mountain in the city of Atascadero, appears nearly identical to object in Utah which sparked what might best be called the 'monolith madness' that has unfolded over the last two weeks here in the United States and, oddly enough, Romania.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver); любопытно |
