Wolfowitz said the suicide hijack attacks of September 11 were a pale shadow of what would happen if terrorists used weapons of mass destruction.
More and more people are uninterested in voting for a pale version of failed policies.
Virender Sehwag is looking a pale shadow of his imperious past, and the talented Gautam Gambhir is hesitant.
Museum curators shunned American abstract painting, claiming it was no more than a pale imitation of "authentic" artists like Picasso.
And every earthly reality is only a pale shadow of its archetype, the original pattern, of which it is simply an imperfect copy.
Modern Holy Week is a pale shadow of celebrations of 500 years ago, said Thomas Cohen, a history professor at York University in Toronto.
That said, the new cabinet is a pale version of the old.
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When bringing Madrid's Teatro Real up to 21st-century standards, its designers opted for a neutrally modern auditorium with the exterior a pale imitation of its former self.
In many ways, he said, it was a pale imitation of a version of Linux known as Back Track that also comes with many security tools already installed.
Although, investment banks post reports on the net, Mr Yearsley argues that the information available to private investors is a pale shadow of that which reaches the desks of City professionals.
Bolton looked a pale imitation of the side that so entertained in their FA Cup game against Tottenham on Sunday, their lethargy at odds with the precarious nature of their league position.
"Unless The Lord of the Rings addresses these issues before it transfers to London's West End, it will remain a pale imitation of the books, the films and, tragically, theatre itself, " wrote critic Kamal Al-Solaylee.
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By the time the 1966 World Cup came around he was a pale imitation of the real Garrincha, a long-term knee injury enough to curb the electric bursts of speed that had once made him so destructive.
In 1960 the republic's population was down to around 2.8m, the lowest in two centuries and a pale shadow of the 8m (for the whole island) in 1840, when this was one of the most densely populated countries in Europe.
Other passengers say it's a reliable and comfortable service but those with experience of European trains say the American ones are a pale reflection - in terms of frequency, speed and relative luxury.
Stand in an orchard as the glow of late afternoon is filtered through the laden branches, sending a lattice of pale shadow onto the fruit-covered floor, and it is easy to understand why the orchard holds an elevated place in British mythology.
Inside the rim of the bag, barely visible, was a wallet made of pale-green leather.
The other was a later painting of Adele, pale and strained, standing in a big hat with her arms loose amid fauve colours of red, mauve and green.
Mr. Fischer has painted the surface with a faded pale blue hue, a gradient of color he distilled from a landscape photograph using Photoshop, a computer program he employs in much of his work.
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The only decorative touch was a tiny violet, a sprig of pea shoots and a pale broad-bean flower.
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The captain was a short, stocky man, with a greasy fringe of pale hair that jutted out beyond his hat.
Its chief sleeps on a cot, looks pale, is in need of a shower and eats lunch everyday at Taco Bell.
Its chief sleeps on a cot, looks pale, is in need of a shower and eats lunch every day at Taco Bell.
And the Lib Dems said the Labour initiative was a "pale comparison" of the government's youth contract scheme and did not stand up to scrutiny.
On February 9th in 1855, residents of Devon, England awakened to a find a light snow cover blanketing the landscape, rendering the bucolic countryside a whiter shade of pale.
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Mr Crawford told the committee the bill was a "pale shadow" of what it could have been but the Scottish government was committed to make it work "in the interests of Scotland and will make every effort to get it into shape".
The arrival of his long-lost younger brother, Benny (Alden Ehrenreich, a pale and determined young man reminiscent of Leonardo DiCaprio), conjures up the bad memories of earlier family life that caused Tetro to travel far and refuse contact.
Forty-two-year-old Edward Scheetz walks by them, looking a little pale and very out of place.
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