Word: palely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impact of yesterday's weather on the next city council's composition may pale in comparison to changing political winds. For city councilors, this election will be "like musical chairs," Foster said. "When the music stops, there are going to be some different Independents sitting in the council when they take the oath in January...
...solution seems to be: To regain majority status, move right. Out-right the right with morality/family rhetoric. But is it possible to out Republican the Republicans? Won't the Democrats simply shift the political spectrum rightward and come out looking just as far left, wimpy, and soft--a pale shadow of the cowboy--booted New Right...
...jury for its students; it has selectively prosecuted those it believes to be political activists; it has unfairly penalized a student's future job prospects instead of the student himself; and it has unfairly forced another student to incriminate herself. Comparisons between the two bodies once made the CRR pale in the shadow of the Law School ad board. Though once obviously superior, the ad board's actions now seem at least as objectionable...
...part in Weir's release, despite the prominent role Damascus played in securing the freedom of the TWA hijack victims. A senior State Department official may also have pointed indirectly to Iran when he said the U.S. had offered to help ease the isolation of countries "now outside the pale of international behavior" if the hostages were returned...
...minute limit on exposure to the sun's rays, even for the swarthiest guest. The preferred way for getting a quick tan is to stand facing the sun with arms held aloft. Because of a shortage of swimsuits and suntan oil, beaches are crowded with thousands of pale bodies, some clad only in underwear, reaching skyward like a lost tribe of sun worshipers...