Word: pale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prisoner's dock in Paris' ancient Palais de Justice last week stood a pale, emotionless young Algerian named Mohammed ben Sadok, on trial for his life. Before the case got to judgment, France learned once again that the political assassin often carries his prosecutor with him before the bar of justice...
...look a little pale, Socrates. Better drink this pick...
...sergeant's daughter (Natalie Wood), but the sarge does not think the colonel is good enough for his girl. So one day at the base he chews the C.O. out and threatens to quit the Air Force if the thing doesn't stop. The colonel turns pale. The general turns pale. They realize only too well that without the sarge the preparation of the B-52 for combat will be seriously delayed, and without the B-52 ... In short, it is all pretty silly in an amiable...
This charming book consists of impressionistic sketches of the sprawling Asian subcontinent done in the pale pastel shades of life rather than its raw primary colors. Filtered through Author (Black Narcissus) Godden's genteel mem-sahib vision, India becomes a setting instead of a place, Hindus and Moslems become figures in a tapestry instead of people, and life moves to the lute strings of poetry instead of the purse strings of necessity. As a free versifier, Author Godden ranks somewhat below another run-of-the-pagoda poet, Emperor Hirohito...
Marquand admitted that his early years as a professional writer were a difficult period. "When my publisher first read the manuscript of The Late George Apley," he related, "he turned pale and suggested that it be written under a nom de plume...