The alliance members have a gentleman's agreement not to poach business in each others' blue-chip shares, but nobody expects that to last.
Research director Jaime Jahncke said the number of blue and others whales is four to five times greater than in 2004, increasing the likelihood of ship strikes.
What we're seeing now -- Anthem Blue Cross and others -- is something on an exponential magnitude of what we had seen in the past, even in that increase.
We've asked for confirmation on which markets will have which, but we understand that broadly speaking the EU and USA will likely come with blue stripes, while the others should get green.
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Being the junior partner in a moderate government had weakened the appeal of Mr Haider's party to its core constituency, disgruntled blue-collar workers and others, such as small farmers and shopkeepers, who feel threatened by modernisation.
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Others live in train stations and under the blue-sheet tents that are spreading through Tokyo's public parks.
Others are calling on them to fix broken blue emergency lights.
While Charlie would have us believe that he was a blessing bestowed on us from Mars, at the minimum, many others believe he just showed up out of the blue and now we have to suffer.
Some, like 1985's Centerfield and 1997's Blue Moon Swamp, were more successful than others, but most have been characterized by an almost violent resistance against his past.
Fortunately as far as I could see, no one was washed away then, but later on it was quite apparent in the aftermath that there were so many others washed away to a watery grave in the deep blue sea.
Like many others, I was puzzled by the new color combination (blue and orange, really?).
"Keep one color basic and the others bright, " she says, noting that white and blue tends to work better for casual occasions such as seaside affairs, while white and black is usually crisp enough for work or evening events.
Another paper, co-authored by Andreas Kuhn of the University of Zurich, investigates the effect of a change in Austrian employment-insurance rules that allowed blue-collar workers earlier retirement in some regions than others.
Many mourners at Sunday's funeral waved the light blue flag of the Sunni-based opposition Future Party, while others carried Lebanon's national flag.
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Then, in 1998, the blue-ribbon Commission on Ballistic Missile Threats chaired by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned that others might seek such a capability.
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Similarly, claims that the Monday of the last full week of January - dubbed "blue Monday" - is the most depressing of the whole year have been debunked by others.
Scores of others, like Delores Culp, a 59-year-old military veteran, live in homes that still have blue tarps on roofs to cover holes, and now they're wondering if the flimsy coverings will stand up to wind and driving rain from Irene.
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