Word: paled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Karadzic and his cronies have been amassing fortunes, the republic's 900,000 citizens have grown poorer. Unemployment in parts of the Bosnian Serb Republic remains as high as 80%; only 3% of international aid has gone to the Bosnian Serbs, because the Pale hard-liners have refused to carry out Dayton's provisions. Plavsic, who once opposed the treaty, says she realizes that the only way Bosnian Serbs can "reach full economic progress" and survive is to not fight the accord...
...Karadzic radio stations encouraged stone-throwing crowds in Brcko and Bijeljina, by reporting that NATO is acting as an "occupation force" at Plavsic's request. Judging by the results, this propaganda is so powerful that Plavsic's call for Karadzic to stand trial as a war criminal pale into insignificance...
...involved with drugs. About a year ago, she overdosed on acid at a Phish concert and had her stomach pumped. The situation terrified Kim. Since then, Anne has gravitated toward the druggies; Tim, her current and first serious boyfriend, is a former dealer and a yo! boy. As a pale, blond, blue-eyed, non-Dead Head, Tim is the opposite of everything Anne ever sought in a boyfriend...
...water, and Meyer has released the measured, tagged shark. Another student stands by to help it get moving, but that turns out to be unnecessary. With an almost imperceptible flick of its muscular tail, the massive fish is suddenly ten yards away, a graceful, pale white torpedo gliding effortlessly down into the measureless blue depths. In the face of such beauty, dignity and grace, I almost forget my fear...
...color scheme--which includes pale green, pale blue, taupe and ivory--was selected from original paint chips from the houses in consultation with experts...