1.   But foreign money was largely a function of the ability of both parties to manipulate a legal loophole to raise outlandish sums from other sources as well.

2.   In some instances, relief organizations have had to pay outlandish sums to rescue the supplies.

3.   The Boston Post, smelling a rat, began publishing skeptical stories about Ponzi, questioning how he could afford to pay out such outlandish sums.

4.   When people offer him outlandish sums for his place, he asks to see cash, not some signature on a contract.