At various times the team's new principal owner could be found courtside at games waving a huge "Go Suns" purple foam finger, dunking a basketball at halftime off a trampoline, or being propelled from a giant slingshot during a time-out, all to the delight of fans.

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He would go on to win the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, along with the admiration of his fellow soldiers.

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If you don't have the time to do that every day, "go with a glass in a deeper color like purple or black, " he says.

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So also in matters of royal style: Alexander mixed his purple with plain white cloth, avoiding the temptation to go whole-hog despot.

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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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