Word: paled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been above doing in the past. Even if Janata can generate widespread popular support, there is some doubt as to whether the party can translate that support into votes. The irregularities of Indian politics, a country whose corrupt electoral system makes the late Richard J. Daley's machine pale by comparison, have led many of the opposition leaders to resign themselves to an inevitable Congress victory...
...days, he rode 23 winners at Aqueduct Race Track, breaking Angel Cordero's New York State record of 22 victories for the same period, set two years ago. Standing small (5 ft. 1 in., 95 Ibs.) beside the thoroughbreds, his Dickensian face pale amid the splashing silks of his trade, Cauthen has captivated bettors and won the admiration of trainers and jockeys. Onetime Jockey Sammy Renick watched the young Kentuckian ride, and came away impressed. Says Renick: "He has great hands. Horses settle in and run kindly for him. Few jockeys have this touch. Steve hits the horse...
...then things got worse. Already grossed out by the Vikings' performance against Oakland, most people turned a pale shade of purple when the dinner fare was a toss-up between baked meatloaf and sardine salad plate #13, the numeral an indication of how many people could stomach more than one sardine. A real toss-up, if you know what I mean...
...conditions for sophomores must inevitably worsen under the new plan. Canaday holds about the same number of sophomores as the Quad has freshmen--but to simply switch them would cause intolerable problems. Freshmen currently housed at the Quad are very crowded: last year's problems at Mather House will pale by comparison if sophomores are forced to live in one-room doubles at the Quad. North House alone, would have to lose 40 people to retain its current level of upperclass crowding. These 40 people must be picked up elsewhere--and that means the already overcrowded River Houses...
...most eye-haunting images in the big retrospective of 195 photographs by Harry Callahan is called simply Eleanor, Chicago, 1949. It is the broad, pale face of a big-jawed woman-in fact, Callahan's wife, Eleanor Knapp-rising from Lake Michigan. Her eyes are closed. Her dark hair, parted in the middle, falls in thick ropes that swash in the water. Because the body is hidden by the murky wavelets, the head has a dreaming, apparitional quality, a look reinforced by the waving tendrils of hair. Yet nothing about the photograph invites one to read...