Fluorescent bulbs emit a pallid, bleached light that is okay for hallways and porches, but which fails to flatter and provide a good quality of light for living rooms.

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While he may have already capitulated to Union troops, she enlists the stalwart Confederate general of her imagination to fight one more losing battle with the new Southern male, a pallid spawn who can't shoot, can't hunt, can't fight, and can't play cards.

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"Twilight" settles for pallid heavy petting and a return engagement in the not-too-distant future.

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Her skin was pallid, shiny, as though she had a fever.

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Alice herself, well played by the grave and spectrally pallid Mia Wasikowska, is no child but a stubborn young lady, scorning an offer of marriage in the overworld and descending, instead, to the subterranean.

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My translator was sitting in a metal folding chair in the foyer, looking pallid.

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The pallid recovery should strengthen next year as exporters, spurred by a weak pound, hit their stride.

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