Word: out-of-the-way
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...best portions of the film are the impromptu gigs the Stripes play in out-of-the-way venues like buses, bowling alleys and elderly homes. Nothing suits the White Stripes’ spontaneity better than a surprise show, and these concerts are the most unique part of the tour. However, they receive less screen time than the stage shows, which, while aurally impressive, are not nearly as engaging in terms of narrative and filmmaking as their off-stage counterparts...
...standard operating procedure to bring informants into bases, as was done with Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi in Khost. Under more favorable circumstances, the CIA's field officers always prefer to meet with informants one on one and in carefully scouted, out-of-the-way places chosen to protect the anonymity of the informant. But things have to be done differently in Afghanistan, where the CIA has a well-grounded fear that its operatives will be kidnapped or killed - a risk that applies to all Westerners in that country. As a result, informants, none of whom can be completely...
...looking for a setting that would be a slightly down-and-out sleazy bar,” says the show’s director, Melia Bensussen, “and the basement of The Garage has given us the opportunity to transform it into a kind of funky out-of-the-way...
...separate directions—to separate coasts, in fact. They met in New York, sometimes, to shop special sample sales. The sample sale, according to Maybank, is an invite-only sale hosted by luxury brands during the day. Maybank explains that the sales take place at slightly out-of-the-way locations...
...postelection crisis has rallied Iran's rebellious youth as well as its street artists, albeit in furtive and risky situations. Graffitists hurriedly stencil their graphics in out-of-the-way alleys (for example, to mock the regime's insistence that foreign agents helped foment the street protests, a noted brother duo sprayed "God Save the Sk8" against a British flag). Break dancers and techno producers must be content performing in cramped basements and villas outside the capital. Nonetheless, the mere existence of these cultural jammers is a form of protest...