Word: pales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...twisted trees known as palo bobo (silly tree). Each house was to be as simple as possible and should not occupy more than 10% of the plot. Steps and pathways were carved into the rocks. Lava was used to form the walls; for variety, they were sometimes stained rust, pale green, pale blue or ?the favorite color of the Mexican peasant?bright pink. Water was run over craggy stone or along the wall tops, seeping down to aid the growth of moss. On the street side, the walls were blank, shutting out the city and its noise. Buyers were...
When Paul Ivory walked in espadrilles on the paths and passages of Peverel, the sound inaugurated, softly, the modern era. As did his cotton jerseys--some blue, some black--and trousers of pale poplin. The modern era, like the weather, was making these things possible...
...thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o 'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action." -Hamlet...
...said pretenders pale beside the masters of punk rockabilly, the Cramps. The Cramps are the real thing: not hip, because they've lived through too many passing fads. They originally tried to ply their wares in the midwest, about five years ago, but made about as much headway as Abbie Hoffman would at a John Birch convention. Now the band is a mainstay of the New York scene, having made the big move several years ago. The New York press generally slag the band off as a low-budget model of the Tubes or as genetically defected punks...
...believe me. I told her to light her cigarette lighter and hold it out. She did and I placed my hand, palm down, over the flame. Presently the flesh turned black and when she smelled the scent of burning meat, Sherry Stevens pulled the lighter away from my hand. Pale, Miss Stevens said she was sure I would never betray her, but excused herself as a candidate, invoking a just remembered plan to marry a Swiss airplane pilot in September of 1972. She asked to be taken home...