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								Calvin Harris, Afrojack and Armin Van Buuren took over the Mainstage and while the sounds were a bit all over the place — let's not forget the adorable yet odd open-format performance by Snoop Dog, and the out-of-place yet delightful performance by Chromeo — the A-listers pulled it off, and kept the massive crowd in one place for most of the day. Farryn Weiner: 85,000 Happy Fans At New York's Electric Zoo Music Festival Farryn Weiner 2011 
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								Calvin Harris, Afrojack and Armin Van Buuren took over the Mainstage and while the sounds were a bit all over the place — let's not forget the adorable yet odd open-format performance by Snoop Dog, and the out-of-place yet delightful performance by Chromeo — the A-listers pulled it off, and kept the massive crowd in one place for most of the day. Farryn Weiner: 85,000 Happy Fans At New York's Electric Zoo Music Festival Farryn Weiner 2011 
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								Muriel saw beyond the beauty to the hidden, creeping things that sought to destroy the work of her hands… the imperfect, the uninvited, the broken and the out-of-place. O' Bending Light Meredith Greene 2011 
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								On CNN a few weeks ago I was asked whether I agree with the sentiment that Tim Tebow's religious displays in football games are overdone and out-of-place. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Tim Tebow Infiltrates the Secular Cathedral of Sport Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012 
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								It's the out-of-place blue fish swimming the waters of the vast, red, middle-American sea. Jon Stewart still calls out to sensible America. Fox won't Michael Tomasky 2010 
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								I should've nodded at most and kept walking, but something bothered me, not in the sense that I became aggravated, but something seemed out-of-place, something didn't fit, so I asked a question: “Tickets for what?” Charades Foster Trecost 2012 
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								Â This issue is an entertaining melange of several things, with a Man-Thing type character and the woman he protects, a very out-of-place Jackie in the swamps, and a contract killer who seems to be either immortal or have a relatively weak healing factor. Review: Rapid-Fire Review | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009 
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								I am pretty sure I was the target audience for Wesley. 14, smart, out-of-place, etc ... and even I didn't like him. Revisiting Star Trek [Part 2 of 7]: The Next Generation 2009 
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								The communities are those best equipped to spot suspicious activities, unusual occurrences, and out-of-place newcomers. Deborah Ramirez: Muslim-Police Community Partnerships Will Thwart Homegrown Terrorism Deborah Ramirez 2010 
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								On CNN a few weeks ago I was asked whether I agree with the sentiment that Tim Tebow's religious displays in football games are overdone and out-of-place. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Tim Tebow Infiltrates the Secular Cathedral of Sport Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012 
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