Word: paled
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...crept into the air as lunch companions quickly hushed and murmured; eyes darted and honed in; people strained to look casual and turn their necks, owl-like, 180 degrees. A collective concentration fixed in on Hillary, as she stood there painfully aware of her own aura in an airy pale purple suit. She must not have been very pleased with the luncheon options, judging by the frown on her face--and I must say that I agreed with her: a chunky, dry ham and cheese sandwich and a bottle of pulpy juice just don't cut it on a humid...
...Clinton, winning in '96 required reverting to the themes he'd pushed successfully in '92. He had to adopt everything the nation thought was good about Republicanism and then go further and paint the Republicans themselves, or at least the Gingrichites, as beyond the centrist pale. The Great Repositioning began with a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that debuted in the summer of 1995 in selected, midsize media markets--away from the national press corps' cynical gaze. The very first spot, aired on June 27, telegraphed the President's strategy: Clinton wouldn't be out-toughed. In that ad a solemn...
...green continent of grass on which he ran and the waiting to see if he would catch up with the ball and the reek of your sweat and of everyone who sat like Seurat dots in the stadium, in the carved-out bowl of a planet that shines pale in daylight, bright purple and emerald at night...
...Senator and saying, "If you've got a little time to devote to the search for truth, some folks in our room are carrying on an experiment in whether the experience of using marijuana is enhanced if you smoke it while listening through earphones to A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum...
...have lost that power, though as long as he remains in Pale there is nothing to keep him from taking part in closed-door meetings of the party. "We wish and expect him to move from where he is," says Holbrooke. The challenge is not only to get Karadzic out of Bosnia but to turn him over for trial at the Hague. The U.S. could use force to arrest or snatch him, but the European allies are not on board for that, and such an effort would probably spark retaliation and bloodshed. Renewed fighting is the last thing Bill Clinton...