Word: paled
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There are exceptions, of course, to my anti-green condiment rule. Green chile sauce (? la Tabasco) is passable, I suppose, but even though it's often hotter than its red counterpart, it always seems a pale imitation. Green salsa is palatable, but generally brings to mind questions I'd rather not contemplate while eating, like: How did this color come into being? What sort of bizarre food colorings am I consuming? Could I use this salsa in a multimedia performance art project...
...rather for their presumed appeal to gay and lesbian readers. That appeal, moreover, is calculated as narrowly as possible, so that the mere mention of gayness in a book's title qualifies it for admission. A reader's understanding of homosexuality might be profoundly influenced by Nabokov's Pale Fire or the tales of Henry James, or by Shakespeare's plays or Homer's epics; instead, the Hormel Center offers The Gay Book of Quotations...
...Pale Rapper...
Christopher John Farley's article "A Whiter Shade of Pale" about white rapper Eminem greatly offended me [MUSIC, May 29]. Eminem, a.k.a. Slim Shady, belongs in a psychiatric ward. How can Americans wonder why tragedies such as Jonesboro and Columbine happen when music with offensive lyrics like Eminem's are out there for any and all to absorb? Don't listen to Eminem's degrading lyrics. If he doesn't have an audience, he has no career. There is much better music around. KENDAL DAVIS Hubertus...
...first case since being elected four years ago, is scrambling to salvage the remainder of his case after witnesses gave conflicting accounts about the stabbing deaths of two men last Super Bowl Sunday in Atlanta. The state's key witness, DUANE FASSETT, had driven the alleged getaway car. Pale and hyperventilating on the stand, he backed off earlier claims that he saw Lewis throw a punch and overheard co-defendants REGINALD OAKLEY and JOSEPH SWEETING admit to stabbing someone. The flip-flop testimony raised questions about whether cops rushed judgments and overlooked evidence. Prosecutors are trying the patience of Judge...