Word: offbeat
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...first time British impresario David Sefton attended the summer arts festivals in Edinburgh, he shared a cramped apartment with a feminist comedy group called Sensible Footwear and a stand-up duo called the Brown Paper Bag Brothers. As offbeat as their names might suggest, they fit into the Edinburgh scene perfectly. Known for showcasing obscure acts and up-and-comers, along with more classical fare, these festivals are fertile grounds for talent scouts. Now, 20 years later, Sefton is still mining the Edinburgh festival grounds each summer. "There are a lot of companies I discovered in Edinburgh that I went...
NOTEBOOK: Saddam's latest foes; suspicious snapshot snooping; offbeat voter drives...
...have to confess, I was a big fan of ‘Win Ben Stein’s Money,’” Choudhury said, referring to the popular, offbeat Comedy Central game show hosted by Stein...
...world's longest mustache? Who was the world's most productive mother? No standard reference book troubles with such trivia, but an offbeat guide called the Guinness Book of Records answers such questions with gusto ... [It is] the world's greatest grab bag of mosts, leasts, longests, shortests, fastests and slowests ... Chosen to compile the book were Norris and Ross McWhirter ... [They] comb thousands of journals to keep their superlatives up to date, correspond with authorities in 110 countries, scan heaps of musty books to track down obscure points ... And when all else fails, they turn to an army...
...weeks. Next month oxford shirts, below, complete with the date of origin stitched into the lower-right seam above the vent, will be available for customization in 11 colors and 8 pony-color options. The idea for the service came when customers began asking for the classic shirts in offbeat colors. Now custom orders amount to roughly 10% of the website's business. "Even my dad is ordering them for himself," says David Lauren, the designer's son and the senior vice president of advertising and marketing at Polo. "It definitely goes beyond the tradition of people cutting off their...