1.   A few blocks from where the sheik held court, women and children stood patiently in line outside the beige walls of a new government medical center.

2.   He noticed a thin molding separating the curve of a white ceiling and beige walls.

3.   We sat shoulder to shoulder in two seats that faced a beige plastic wall inches from our knees.

4.   Wooden window casings and beige walls greet tenants in some units.

5.   With its light beige perforated metal walls, the chamber resembles a sparsely furnished meat locker.