Word: paled
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...century, Mexico City and Lima had universities, printing presses and tens of thousands of inhabitants. The Portuguese were harvesting dyewood in Brazil, and the French were trading for furs in Canada. Even the somewhat overlooked Chesapeake had seen European passersby: the Native Americans were not unused to strangers with pale skins and sailing ships...
...white balloon rose on a soft west wind, rocking gently as its string fluttered. The higher it went, the paler it became. After 15 seconds, the pale blue sky showed through its center, and the bell clanged again and another balloon began rising and growing pale...
...willing to shill for free? "It gives people social currency," says Walter Carl, an assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University. Inside access to products and the feeling that companies care about what you and your friends think are such strong motivating forces that other forms of compensation pale in comparison. BzzAgent's members earn reward points, which they can cash in for prizes like DVDs and books--yet 87% of them never...
...Onion Cellar,” a cabaret-style show starring both Viglione and Palmer and built around the Dolls’ music, which ran at the American Repertory Theatre last December. Viglione was the one who approached the OFA about this second Harvard workshop. PALE-FACED LESSONS Viglione—pale, thin and dressed all in black—began the workshop with a demonstration, stresed that his goal in playing was not to show a “demo of his tricks” but to encourage students to play beyond their own limits. Nonetheless, his tricks were...
...Heisman, the Hobey Baker, and the Naismith all pale in comparison. In last year’s storybook season, one prestigious medal eluded the decorated Harvard fencing team: the Iron Man, the oldest consistently awarded trophy in collegiate history, bestowed upon the top foil squad at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships each winter. At Saturday’s edition in Lawrenceville, N.J., the squad checked off its final to-do item with a men’s foil victory and added wins in the combined men’s and women’s, the women?...