Word: far-out
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...from big anytime soon. Last year sales of SUVs were up 32.4%, and truck sales of all types rose 4.5%. Passenger-car sales, in contrast, dropped 2.7%, according to Autodata Corp. of Woodcliff Lake, N.J. In that kind of market, the new Beetle is already living up to its far-out image...
...LIES Look out, Lava Lamp. The Truth.Seeker ($149, Sharper Image) may steal the prize for the most far-out, or farfetched, desktop sculpture. Digital circuitry detects stress in a supplicant's voice, flashing red for prevarication, green for honesty...
...thousand-odd yards that separate the Yard and Quad are not the only reason that so many first-years fear the far-out dorms. Another complaint about being quadded is that the area lacks a college atmosphere...
Given that far-out environment, it seemed only natural last November when amateur astronomer Chuck Shramek called in to report he had spotted and photographed "a Saturn-like object" trailing the approaching Hale-Bopp comet. But even the most jaded Bell fans were excited when Courtney Brown, an Emory University professor, called to make a patently ludicrous announcement: his team of three psychic "remote viewers" had focused on Shramek's object and determined it was a spaceship full of aliens. Furthermore, Brown claimed, he had a photograph of the craft taken by a "Top-10-university astronomy professor...
...second source of Herrell's fame is its unique atmosphere. The classy, reserved exterior gives way to a far-out inside. Painted to look like the sea floor, Herrell's contains an old vault remodeled to resemble the inside of an aquarium. Visitors seeking the total Herrell's experience must eat in the vault, which can easily accommodate eight deserters but often seats many more...