Word: pales
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...everyone wants to be a cop, their aspirations pale in comparison to the charisma of the infamous Officer Kevin Bryant. He strides around campus, belting his favorite tunes. His speech to freshman was designed to strike terror into young hearts as he threatened each and every inexperienced kid to abstain from alcohol or face his wrath. Bryant is a wet dream for the HUPD PR office, and with his never-fading Academy Award grin, he even catered to FM's whims, agreeing to the following exclusive interview...
...Police searched for three males who exposed themselves and yelled obscenities, near the Loeb Drama Center. One male was described as heavy-set, 17 years of age, with a gray puffy jacket, and knit blue hat; another was described as 17 years old, with a thin build, a thin pale face, dark haired, wearing olive drab jacket and baggy pants...
...sight. He often seemed as hyper and needy as a ninth-grader on a first date. But at least voters realized that he was truly, madly, deeply committed to winning, and they liked that about him. Bradley's cool, take-it-or-leave-it approach to politicking began to pale by comparison...
...successful operation left Kadriu looking something like himself again, albeit with a pale flap across his face. For the moment, living in an apartment block in Manchester occupied entirely by Kosovar refugees, Kadriu seems a happy man. Valbona tends their new baby and has a support network of other young ethnic Albanian women around...
...movie), was one of the publishing phenomenons of the 1990s. It has sold 4 million copies worldwide to date and been published in 30 countries. A very funny account of the minor woes and epiphanies of a 30-ish single woman living in London, it spawned a host of pale imitations and a humorless debate about Bridget's supposedly debilitating effect on the progress of women. (My two cents: Fielding is a wonderful comic novelist who obviously struck some vein of truth. To condemn Bridget for being a more pathetic version of the rest of us is to miss...