Ideas like the Schumer-Lee proposal may be directionally positive but pale in comparison to the magnitude of the problem.
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In the aftermath many new problems arose, but they pale in comparison to a nuclear holocaust.
But they pale beside last week's event, when Lincoln played host to the festival of Living Islam for the second time.
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They despaired of Iraq's sectarianism and ethnic fragmentation, but those pale in comparison with the tribalism and ethnic complications of Afghanistan.
But even these pale in comparison with General Motors's plans for next year's Cadillac line: a night-vision system.
But these reforms pale into insignificance compared with its decision to maintain the price indexation of the basic state pension.
Competition for shelf space in the supermarket is already as intense as any hot war, but it will pale in comparison to competition for the actual shelf space in the home kitchen.
But these new subsidies pale in comparison to those Big Oil has been getting for years.
But, with two pale central characters, a prisoner-contestant named Pannonique and Zdena, a guard, that is not quite enough.
After the pizza was finished, he came back in, pale, but composed.
Former major-league outfielder So Taguchi, who played alongside Ichiro for nine seasons in Japan, said Ichiro understands what these milestones mean "4, 000 hits, what a number, " Taguchi said but that they now pale in comparison to his desire for a championship.
But concerns about my situation pale into comparison with what the team has achieved over here.
The rocks contain very fine-grained sediments but are cut through with pale veins of what could be calcium sulphate.
The John Klein slabs contain very fine-grained sediments but are cut through with pale veins of what could be calcium sulphate.
In a vacuum, the quarterly results were actually pretty decent, but unfortunately for AMD they pale in comparison to primary competitor Intel which last Tuesday reported a blowout quarter.
But the gladiator fights now pale beside Mr Scott's, while the script's lofty ambitions are undercut by the insistence of Kirk Douglas, the leading actor, that the focus must continually return to his on-screen romance with Jean Simmons.
But that he never finished The Pale King is no real failure.
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But for many, such issues pale against the idea of a world without "free" mobile maps, and Apple's entry into the sector is seen as a driving force for further innovation.
You might expect this to be a revolutionary new collaborative effort at delivering the written word in a way that makes Google Books pale into insignificance, but you would, of course, be wrong.
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But these distortions of the market may pale into insignificance when global competition really hots up.
But the television signal does not reach Pale, where Mr Karadzic remains popular.
But the differences between Barack and I pale in comparison to the differences that we have with Republicans, and I want to say that first and foremost, because it's really...
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But their prime minister's problems pale beside their president's.
Her usually pale complexion glowed from summer sun, but there were deep, dark lines under her eyes.
Mrs Clinton's recent visit, showing sympathy but changing no policy (Hamas remains beyond the pale), leaves the question dangling.
Indeed, we were able to follow along with a movie from off to the side and with the tablets lying face-up, but we did notice the colors seemed a little pale.
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