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  • The story is great in that it raises those out-there questions of free will versus destiny.

    Rabid Reads: "Flash Forward" by Robert J. Sawyer 2009

  • That's a polite way, I think, of saying that they need to figure out how to pander to the throngs of seriously out-there right-wingers without coming across as completely crazy.

    The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2011

  • Nor is the idea of coming back to this show, if only to see just how far out-there Smallville alum Michael Rosenbaum goes as the d-bag beau of Harrison's workplace crush Odette Annable in the needs-to-be-retired "cool girl with bad taste in men" role.

    Watercooler: Breaking In (Kind of) Cracks Us Up 2011

  • I'm big into fashion and that's why I guess some of what I wore was a little out-there.

    'Idol' finalist Michelle Delamor: 'I knew it wasn't my best performance' 2010

  • With all the focus on the leading edge of Beck's craziness -- the "caliphate" stuff, the flirtation with "the FEMA camps," or President Obama's "deep-seated hatred" of white people -- it's easy to forget how he rationalized once out-there ideas to millions of American conservatives, and how those ideas became ingrained in the Republican agenda that has thwarted progressivism from virtually the day Obama took office.

    Will Bunch: It May Take 27 Years to Undo the Damage Glenn Beck Caused in 27 Months Will Bunch 2011

  • You wouldn't normally expect to see chirpy Mock The Week star and hyperactive observational comic Russell Howard sharing the same stage as the altogether more out-there Stewart Lee, but they're both here.

    This week's new comedy 2011

  • An eccentric, sort of libertarian, “out-there” guy.

    Rasmussen: Nikki Haley vaults to lead. | RedState 2010

  • What better time than summer to get your TV freak on — and what more out-there vehicle to indulge your wilder appetites than the fourth season of HBO's supernatural smorgasbord True Blood, which gets off to one of its freakiest starts yet.

    Roush Review: True Blood Is Back! 2011

  • It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia: Season 6 The out-there FX comedy follows a morally questionable group of friends who run an unsuccessful dive bar in South Philly.

    TV on DVD 2011

  • When I see a book cover that looks like that, the first thing I ask myself is, "Is this going to be out-there sci-fi/fantasy, or is it going to give me a good deal of action?"

    Book Cover Smackdown! The Reality Dysfunction vs. Heretics vs. The Kragen 2009

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