Workers in blue uniforms and blue hairnets were moving in swift precision around long temperature-controlled assembly lines, sealed off from dust and contamination by glass walls.
But there was a band of blue sky just above the gray, the blue you see in tropical postcards, the blue of the Mediterranean.
Ritz-Carlton's use of cobalt-blue glasses in its hotel dining rooms can be traced back to Boston in the 1920s, for example, where window glass that had been imported from Europe and turned blue in the New England air was a symbol of wealth.
Dartford are third in Blue Square Bet South and manager Tony Burman is relishing their game against near neighbours Bromley, who also play in the Blue Square Bet South.
Following last season's relegation from the Blue Square Premier, Fleet lie fifth in Blue Square Bet South and are still in the FA Cup.
In "Blue in Green, " Hiromi embraces the chord structure and tempo used by pianist Bill Evans, inserting a rubato of her own virtuoso flights amidst the cycle.
But a clear, cloudless day-time sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more easily than they do red light.
In April, as part of the TED Mission Blue Voyage in the Galapagos Islands, we launched the Mission Blue campaign, an effort to garner public support to call on governments to establish a global network of Marine Protected Areas.
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Lexus unveiled its LF-LC Concept last month in Sydney, since its blue opal color is inspired by the blue opal found in the Australian Outback, but this week in Los Angeles is the first time Americans will have a chance to see the 500-horsepower hybrid up close.
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The period defined by 1953-4 is one of the most critical in Blue Note's history, since so many of the characteristic qualities which define, for many, the Blue Note style, were set in place.
That's because the three men who created Blue Man a trippy cabaret act that features three mute men in blue face paint backed by high-tech special effects and lots of toilet paper, food and other props did appear on Leno and they do shill (silently) for Intel.
City remain in trouble in Blue Square South, in 19th, just two points away from the drop zone.
In a mere matter of hours, the men in blue were once again in the crosshairs of another well-respected major league manager.
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He also showed houndstooth patterns in graphic black and white as in a mink wrap and in blue and black as in a pencil skirt and a pant suit.
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In a series of five studies, about 150 heterosexual men (homosexual men and those with red-green color blindness were excluded) rated photographs of women framed in red, white, gray, green, or blue, or with the woman in a red or blue shirt.
Ambassador Eduardo Ulibarri, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN, moderating the side event, highlighted raising awareness on the mitigating value of blue carbon, and urged including blue carbon in the climate change negotiations.
The U123's smart looking case has a sleek, clean design and is the first Wind available in red and blue, in addition to the standard grey and white.
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In one pastel, Degas evoked the thrilling height of the suspended figure with sketchy indications of the building's iron framework in vivid blue, as in the painting, but he experimented briefly with the position of the feet, pushing the front leg and the pointed foot, in its decorative boot, forward to create an emphatic vertical gesture in the lower part of the image.
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Ebbsfleet, who were relegated from the Blue Square Premier last season, currently lie fifth in the Blue Square Bet South.
The Okies worked on farms in the Central Valley, then became arch-conservative, red-state farmers themselves in a state that has otherwise gone Democratic blue in recent years.
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We were fed horror stories about children who had disobeyed the no-swimming rule, only to be hit by intestinal cramps in the water, something which apparently turned you blue in the face and caused you to drown.
There is a tangerine glow in the south, blue darkness in the north, and in the darkness countless silver stars.
The conversation took place in the office of Blue Mondays in the early hours of the morning after the club had shut, said Mr Keillor.
In New England, blue laws in Maine allowed stores to open at midnight while in Massachusetts and Rhode Island stores opened at 12.30 and 1 a.m. respectively.
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In fact, many of them will argue until they are blue in the face that the customer dynamics are the same while this is rarely the case.
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Do we think of barely literate men in dying manufacturing towns, or men who have been raised in blue-collar neighborhoods and see only a future of clocking in and out?
Tony Mwai is a native Kenyan who was educated in the United States, and after 25 years with Big Blue in the U.S. he caught word that IBM was looking to expand in Africa as part of its overall growth market strategy.
Flying above the Southeast Australia in a small Cessna, I could see a small puddle of blue in the distance.
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Major airlines had a mixed day, with Southwest closing in positive territory, United Continental and Delta relatively flat, and Jet Blue in the red.
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