Word: paled
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...experience at close range the raw and diverse geography created by erosion, volcanism and shifting tectonic plates. If you start at Zabriskie Point (a setting for Michelangelo Antonioni's film and the best place in the valley to watch the sun rise), you can trek down 2.8 miles past pale blue-green desert holly shrubs, sun-drenched yellow badlands, the fluted walls of Red Cathedral and the pinnacle of stately Manley Beacon and end up at the base of Golden Canyon--named for its radiance in the morning light...
...Even in more-developed places like Hong Kong and Beijing, hospitals have had to scramble to create discrete infection wards and procure enough respirators to treat SARS. Economically laggard cities like Hohhot simply can't muster the resources as quickly. "Facilities at Beijing hospitals pale in comparison to those at American hospitals," says Jia Xueyi, a deputy director of Inner Mongolia's propaganda department, "and facilities at Hohhot's hospitals pale in comparison to hospitals in Beijing...
Dartboard was delighted to cautiously expose sun-deprived skin this week after months of brisk New England weather. Unfortunately, while tempting the melanoma gods, Dartboard was also subjected to the perennial bellyaching of pale Harvard youth: If only we were in Southern California right now—it would be like this every...
...conspicuous blank space at center remains, a pale token of the scandal that revisited Sargent half a lifetime after “Madame...
...urban, largely African-American audience embraced them. But more than any of these crossover brands, M&N has triumphed because of a single unlikely hero. "I consider it a miracle that Reuben fell into my lap. He deserves all the credit," says company owner Peter Capolino, 58, a pale, bespectacled Barry Manilow fan who now chums around with Jay-Z, Shaquille O'Neal and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony...