Suraf Asgedom pedaled along a lower Manhattan street on one of the royal-blue, quick-rental bikes, headed for a gourmet supermarket that's usually a 25-minute walk from his apartment.

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Ms. Van de Velde helped handle much of the furniture and finishes, choosing to go all white with splashes of color, such as a circular purple chair, a purple-and-gray rug with a tiled pattern and hot pink-and-royal blue wallpaper.

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The platinum watch case and bracelet are paved with 568 baguette-cut diamonds and 234 baguette-cut royal blue sapphires.

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Lanvin designed the loveable Disney rodent a mature, royal blue long-sleeved dress that she can wear for special Paris events.

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Mr. Catsimatidis was honored by organizers of the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade as "man of the year, " and he rode the route in an open-top royal blue 1969 Pontiac Firebird.

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General Motors, along with U.S. Steel and Royal Dutch Petroleum, were steady-paying blue chips.

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Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell won their first Ryder Cup match before the rippled turned into a wave of royal blue as the Europeans continued secured wire-to-wire victories in five of the six Sunday showdowns as the tables turned at Celtic Manor.

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Trying to open 3-0 for the second straight year, the Mets wore caps with orange bills for the first time in a regular-season game, rather than their usual model in solid royal blue.

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Rothko's No 1 (Royal Red and Blue), described by Sotheby's as "a seminal, large-scale masterpiece", was the subject of a heated bidding war.

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