1.   And one has the impression of a man alone with his instrument, probing its inner recesses, defining its outer limits.

2.   As Middle America has enthusiastically hiked, biked and paddled into the middle of nowhere, a handful of hard cores have headed straight to the outer limits.

3.   After a decade of consistent excellence, in the outer limits of his basketball prime, he still needs his coach to present his case for greatness.

4.   But even these modern-era precedents which have expanded congressional power under the Commerce Clause confirm that this power is subject to outer limits.

5.   But last week, the Bush campaign took it to the outer limits.

6.   But last week, the Bush campaign took that tendency to the outer limits.

7.   But the absolute outer limit I foresaw was roster filler.

8.   But then the path changed, and we moved again to the outer limits of the circle.

9.   By the time the workday was over, my lukewarm interest had reached its outer limits.

10.   Dahl directs with an assurance powerful enough to keep the outlandish premise from veering into the outer limits, and his staging of the induced flashbacks seems fittingly dreamlike.