Stanton and Chris W. Wink have trained a cadre of 34 Blue Men (and 1 Blue Woman) to take their place at the shows.

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President George W. Bush won all three of those states in his 2004 re-election, but Obama painted them blue four years ago.

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BLUE, Woolloomooloo Bay, Sydney, changed its name in February--it was formerly the W. Now part of the India-based Taj hotels and resorts group, it still offers the same 100 spacious, hip, loftlike rooms located in a converted wharf.

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