However, the bulbs have still found it difficult to shake off that reputation for giving out a dim, cold, white light.

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Our refuge, though, was in sight: a cool, dim eatery, crisp with white linen and nearly empty.

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In a dim basement dining hall in Cherkasy, decorated with blue-and-white Star of David pennants, a woman who emigrated in 1988 recently watched in shock as old women dumped part of their lunch into plastic bags for dinner and breakfast.

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