As I browse the lodge's website, with its spiel about going "beyond classic", or stick my head around the door of the Bali suite, and clock the muslin-draped four-poster and lava-rock bathtub, I fear the worst.
Probably the most famous image of all is Marlon Brando astride a Harley, sporting a beyond-classic Schott Perfecto in 1953's The Wild One.
"It's about exploring art beyond classic limitations of intellectualism, and elite circles.
This may not make sense to non-Sikhs - just as chaos theory is beyond classic scientific logic, the sacred is beyond the discourse of human reason.
This year's suits come in styles that move beyond classic skirts or pants with jackets to gauchos and knickers, knits and trim.
But Wills ranges beyond classic silent comedy, using every means at his disposal – sound effects, costume, pop music and playful business with the audience – in pursuit of wordless fun.
"We're going beyond classic TV, which we know and love, and saying: what else is this audience interested in watching?" TV Land fancies itself as the network for baby boomers ages 40 to 54, although it currently skews toward the older end of that range.
While the Japanese chef Hiroyuki Hiramatsu -- who opened Hiramatsu on the Île St.-Louis last December -- winces when the word fusion is used in connection with his food, his exciting haute couture fare certainly moves beyond classic French boundaries, with its unorthodox combinations and presentations.
Now, however, we are using the modifier irregular to describe indigenous, surreptitious, intimidating, culturally persuasive as well as technically sophisticated methods beyond classic military force that we intend to employ — moderated by concerns about humane treatment and without taking aim at noncombatants.
