"There are weaknesses any time you let outsiders in," he said.

Still, for many retailers, letting outsiders handle their customers requires too great a leap of faith.

Yet only the North can dispel that impression - by letting outsiders in to see for themselves, starting with international inspectors.

Let outsiders snicker and make cracks about appealing to a higher power.

A far better way than letting greedy outsiders get a foothold!

"What we did feel was a responsibility to let outsiders really see what happens here."

How can you understand a culture whose essence is not letting outsiders in?

This is why the Mud People, for example, allow me in, even though they do not often let other outsiders in.

He said Madison leaders wonder how to admit its residents - who pay $20 each for the season - let alone outsiders.

They are very reluctant to let outsiders in of any kind that they have not known and worked with for a long time.