Word: out-of-the-way
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...formula for choosing his out-of-the-way programs is simple, if not 100% successful: "Any piece of music I get a bang out of, I think the public will like too." So far, he has given world premieres of David Diamond's Romeo and Juliet Suite, Norman Dello Joio's Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Douglas Moore's Farm Journal (all commissioned by Scherman himself), and revived many a little-known smaller work by Haydn, Schumann, Brahms, Stravinsky and Schbnberg. He has no fear of running out of things to play. Digging around in the "terrific...
Pioneer has built up a shuttle service for oilmen from Dallas and Houston to the vast West Texas oilfields, stops at out-of-the-way spots like Abilene as many as 18 times daily. The company cuts cost corners and avoids frills. It has no downtown ticket offices, sells tickets only at the airports, serves no meals, only sandwiches, orange juice and coffee...
Radcliffe Yard groundsmen have started an active campaign against bicycles on the lawn by removing them to an out-of-the-way bicycle rack on Brattle Street. Twenty-five girls have already been victims of this purge...
According to Ready, the location of the Tuesday fire in an out-of-the-way closet on the first floor of Claverly indicates that the job was carefully planned. O'Connor agreed with Ready's theories last night and suggested that the location might mean that students were involved...
...pragmatic level, the United states should not be irrevocably committed to war against a huge nation like China, a war fought in an out-of-the-way peninsula, with allies who are unenthusiastic about the whole business. The advantage of enabling U.N. troops to carry their fight to the Chinese mainland would be outweighed by our inability to open negotiations for a Far Eastern settlement. At best, we could obtain an armed peace with a large American army required to keep the Chinese on the other side of the Yalu River; at worst, a U.N. evacuation of Korea...