blues
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Listeners spent summer nights with jazz greats and blues artists.
Looming behind the bluesman is a blackboard, on which a genealogy of the blues has been chalk-drawn in an orderly hand.
The cool blues of “Winter” are raked through with rich purple, as hints of evergreens creep in from the edges.
The International Maritime Organization has adopted a U.S. proposal that takes effect this summer and would expand restrictions on vessel traffic to give endangered whales such as blues and fins more undisturbed sea.
From Washington Times
She designed shift dresses and pinafores, released soft bras that she dubbed “booby traps,” and helped popularize brightly colored tights, releasing the garment in exotic yellows, blues and reds instead of just the traditional black.
From Washington Post
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