No matter how outlandish and farcical some of the events become, everything remains firmly grounded in a sense of reality. |
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The kicker probably did six different touchdown dances, each more outlandish than the last. |
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The book has been criticized for being outlandish but its appeal lies in its strong narrative voice and its Odyssean story line. |
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Such outlandish and unsubstantiated claims should provoke skepticism in all but the most gullible. |
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The ex-punk, classically outlandish Clark gave Trevitt a superb solo to music of Erik Satie, titled Satie Stud. |
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This veteran found the experience so outlandish that he could not tell anyone about it. |
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He faced resistance in his own company-his management team tended to rule by consensus and veto his more outlandish ideas. |
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When people are too bullish, they push prices to outlandish levels, and set the stage for a market tumble. |
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On the subject of value for money, Prestonfield may not be cheap, but it is not outlandish. |
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The most buzzworthy moments of the past eight days had nothing to do with clothes and everything to do with outlandish accessories. |
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Off the field, Portis also was fun because of his outlandish haberdashery and his outrageously confident attitude. |
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Such a situation is never static, because change keeps taking place all the time, and it is back to outlandish styles once again. |
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I'm not a particular fan of outlandish avant-garde food, but this selection was too limited even for an old stick-in-the-mud like me. |
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The man spoke with an outlandish accent, presumably from the desert, judging from his leathery skin and olive complexion. |
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All sorts of people were allowed to lecture, some of them with quite outlandish ideas. |
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It sounds like a headline from a supermarket tabloid, but the idea may not be as outlandish as it first appears. |
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Some people bowl because it gives them a license to go out, have a drink, wear outlandish clothes, and yell. |
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At every turn, there he was, drawling something even more outlandish than his previous bizarre utterances. |
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They came to watch a bunch of people dressed in ridiculous clothes and outlandish make-up run amok in a slapstick whirlwind of escapism. |
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Instead, their outlandish ideas were applauded, so they hit upon the notion of recording their next stunt on video. |
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But what really brings it to life is its gallery of outlandish, oddball and downright terrifying characters and creatures. |
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All around her, pupils are wearing the kind of outlandish clothes and hairstyles one would expect of teenagers anywhere in Europe. |
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He makes outlandish comment, uses colourful language and generally does his homework. |
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But it proves that even their most outlandish ideas are underpinned by an intuitive grasp of what makes great pop. |
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They wore outlandish clothes without fear of being laughed at by little boys on the bus. |
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They do not think that victory requires outlandish luck, freakish circumstances, bizarrely compliant opposition. |
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The longer people went without answers, the more outlandish and bizarre their theories became. |
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So it shouldn't be an outlandish idea that personal missions drive what we do as journalists. |
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No matter how outlandish your idea is, it must be accepted if it holds up experimentally. |
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The front-man has been trying to hide his thinning locks with a string of outlandish haircuts and colour treatments for years. |
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Much of it is so ridiculous, so confused and generally outlandish that it often becomes comical. |
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In fact, the Cossack regards the Russian peasant as a foreign, outlandish, despicable creature. |
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Buchan's great trick is his deadpan approach to the most outlandish subject matter. |
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This is where compound interest calculators can be so useful, provided you don't get carried away with outlandish annual growth rates. |
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If the plan works, there will be no images of Hooray Henries, outlandish hedonism or general drunkenness in the tabloids on Friday morning. |
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The surreal gardens of Cythera contain all manner of outlandish, classically conceived decorative structures and fountains. |
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This idea seemed so outlandish to Einstein that he kept Kaluza's paper for two years before giving it his final imprimatur. |
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The most outlandish dessert was a mass of honeyed phyllo, piled like feathers over diced pears and a blob of melted Pecorino cheese. |
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The cotton balls physicalized the modular elements of the grid to an unprecedented extent and were only the first outlandish shock in the work. |
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No conspiracy theory is too outlandish not to find some traction among the population. |
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They were genuinely intrigued by the story and felt little need to elaborate on what already seemed so outlandish. |
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She invents outlandish stories to get the sympathy and attention she craves. |
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Puns, outlandish narrative detours and other foolery are wildly evident in Milligan's scripts. |
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Some have a Cuban heel and some have outlandish fancy tassels hanging from them. |
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Brando was also known for his eccentric behaviour and sometimes outlandish salary demands. |
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Whether you welcome this prince of silly or shun him as a hopeless jester, on stage his outlandish world cannot fail to charm. |
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Our readers have suggested the best ways to handle a delicate issue such as outlandish dressing by students in colleges. |
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Twenty kids are grouped in teams to test their smarts and skills against outlandish challenges. |
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He may have been dubious about some of the more outlandish changes that had occurred in journalism but it was always in a good-humoured way. |
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An ordinary paintbrush can create exotic, even outlandish designs with acrylic paint. |
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Their luminescent lycra outfits in outlandish combinations of primary colours are aberrantly bright. |
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It would be outlandish for MPs from other parties to commit to jumping waka. |
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The outlandish titles appear to contain apocalyptic messages, albeit relayed with absurdist humor. |
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It sure looks as if he's faking ignorance to try to sucker her into making some outlandish claim about how the memo was a Democratic plant. |
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Ed is known for his acerbic wit and often outlandish and controversial commentary. |
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There are no massive mounds or outlandish waterscapes to divert attention away from the natural splendor. |
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This set of teenage girls cultivate their outlandish look by tanning themselves year-round in salons and dying their hair gold. |
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Along the way he meets a variety of outlandish and amusing animal characters, each of which has its own distinctive style of dance and music. |
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But on reflection, we find such stories to be outlandish, to say the least of it. |
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Some of them deliberately cultivate an extremely casual look, and go to great lengths to sport outlandish hairstyles. |
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It is outlandish that index funds with very similar portfolio mixes and investing strategies can get off scot-free for charging higher fees. |
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His lack of experience and seamanship, coupled with that outlandish ego, made him a terrible leader. |
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It's not as outlandish or as hilarious as many of tales of his boffo corruption. |
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In contrast to British music's narrow mindset, Jamaica has always embraced the most outlandish musical idiosyncrasies imaginable. |
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The outlandish upsweep from the night before was disheveled, but still in tact as the pins still held the abundance of brunette locks together in certain places. |
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The days of outlandish golden parachutes may be of yesteryear. |
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It takes some acting craft for him to pull off the feat of wearing the outlandish sweater vests, garish checks and plaids without ever seeming as if he was wearing a costume. |
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When the Duchess of Newcastle appears in public in outlandish attire or publishes her original views on women's position in society, she is not dressed in motley. |
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I'll give you a flavour of some of the outlandish claims he makes. |
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Dan Harmon The NBC cult-hit Community employs a cast of characters as outlandish as their on-screen personas. |
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By the 1941 Christmas season, the bookish technician got wind of an outlandish project to determine if ethnicity was a factor in the flying business. |
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Speaking of which, the Scots are ideal in the matter of outlandish native costume. |
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Glenn Beck admits his divisive language and outlandish conspiracy theories may have played a role in tearing the country apart. |
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Many of your more bizarre or outlandish schemes will come to fruition. |
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More often, however, the mass media provide tacit support for untested and unsupported claims by saying nothing skeptical about even the most outlandish of claims. |
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The stand-up stage is a place where comics can be zanier and more outlandish versions of themselves. |
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The strong influence of Italian neo-realism is further subverted by such outlandish sights as a boy suckling at a cow's udder and Pedro hurling an egg directly at the camera. |
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The movie was aggressively fun, and, despite its sci-fi setting and outlandish plot, somehow relatable. |
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But that paled in comparison to the costs of a statewide campaign with an outlandish, gaffe-prone candidate. |
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Adding to the air of unreality, a fair amount of the debate around avoiding a debt ceiling seemed outlandish. |
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But how can they learn respect when their parents are paying outlandish prices for them to witness these once mighty animals reduced to nervous wrecks? |
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From the orange obelisk monument of Ohakune, to the corrugated iron sheep and dog combo, outlandish structures remind us of the cargo-cult of tourism and a need to be noticed. |
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His sculptures misbehave, they defy convention, they turn utilitarian objects and practical actions into outlandish things involving wonder and humor. |
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Even if you do baulk at some of the more outlandish examples of soporifics cited or quibble with a theory or two, Martin's message is strangely comforting. |
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Or at least being called upon to contextualize and explain outlandish remarks made by some in the Republican Party. |
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The contradictions and outlandish claims are never challenged, because drug education in China is virtually nonexistent. |
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Later redactions of saints' lives tended to omit historical details that were no longer easily understood and to embellish the text with more outlandish miracle stories. |
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Considering the outlandish wages paid, in a game of very little hardship, the least we should expect is entertainment, and not fumbling around like kids in the local park. |
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Kauffman scripts tend to have a sharp, off-kilter sense of humor, a probing willingness to deal with outlandish concepts, and a solid grounding in the human heart. |
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And he was a prankster, who devised outlandish even fiendish tricks to play on friends and unsuspecting associates. |
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Still, even if expressed by a metaphor some might find ostentatious, vicarious atonement as a concept was nothing outlandish in first-century Jerusalem. |
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The concerts still feature free-form dancers, light shows and musicians in outlandish costumes marching through the audience while chanting and singing. |
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Rome is graceful, outlandish, grand, cold, eternal, in flux, and full of olive-rich contradictions. |
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Now, first off, just what makes these outlandish themes reflect reality? |
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Nevertheless, when that outlandish bird, attacked by the cat, shrieked for help in human accents, she ran out into the yard stopping her ears, and did not prevent the crime. |
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Pretty outlandish, but again, it just shows he is not inhibited in trying any sort of device that might let him hold onto power. |
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This time, long-suffering conservatives endured nothing embarrassing or bizarre, insipid, or outlandish. |
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Prebble punctuates the story with outlandish puppetry and other unexpected imagery, as well a kind of English music-hall levity. |
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Despite the derision that its scripted matches, over-the-top trash talk, and outlandish characters sometimes inspire, professional wrestling is big business. |
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It could be transforming a Civic into an ice-cream van or using a Honda hedge trimmer to create outlandish creatures. |
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Narcocorrido, from across the border, is judged outlandish and perplexing. |
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The 11 September attacks uncorked a whirlwind of outlandish conspiracy theories. |
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It can be a little freewheeling at times, but Dom and Dickie are such outlandish and bawdy villains that you forgive them their sins. |
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And, by the way, for sweete Saint Charitie, He begs his largies of th' outlandish hives. |
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A meager talent for sketching and crayon work led me to attempt crude picturizations involving the outlandish denizens of my nighted thoughts. |
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Written and directed in an impressively-glossy style by Boaz Yakin, this is easily the most far-fetched, violently outlandish film of the year. |
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This is just a small sampling of the outlandish family shenanigans, as seen through the eyes of Alice, who is an engaging combination of naivete and cynicism. |
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For all the comedy of the outlandish wedding capes, marital frocks and suntans that make Dale Winton look as pale as Nicole Kidman, this C4 documentary has a serious side too. |
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As memorable scenes go it's outlandish, freakish and jaw-dropping, just one of many fetishistic touches which make this a curious must-see despite many failings. |
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One of my favorite shows growing up was the animated series Family Guy, featuring doofus dad Peter Griffin among other outlandish, dysfunctional characters. |
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The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair. |
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