It started confounding me back when I was playing Red and Blue, waiting for Nintendo to inevitably (or so I thought) release a Pokemon game for their new 3D capable system.

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The holders nearly hit back instantly but All Whites goalkeeper Mark Paston clawed out a dangerously bouncing Riccardo Montolivo free-kick with a posse of blue shirts waiting at close quarters to pounce on any mistake.

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And, in a drawer of the back bedroom, mended with blue tape, ready and waiting, the glasses he should have been wearing.

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They are waiting for us in that realm of pure blue, that mysterious place where the earth meets the sky.

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With the "Coming home" function, the blue light begins to pulsate to indicate that the vehicle is ready and waiting for its driver.

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Delve told Scrum V on Sunday that he was desperate for an international recall and was waiting for that "phone call... out of the blue" that duly arrived on Monday.

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