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• n  a light shade of blue
• v  color azure
  Morning azured the village
• s  of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

• When he came back in 2000 to live in Israel and dive again regularly in the sea of his childhood, Kahn was horrified by what he saw: the once-azure water was now murky.
• From above, the country's coral-fringed lagoons in the Indian Ocean look computer-generated: arrayed in turquoise pods, they stretch over an azure expanse that would span from Rome .
• When talking, she looks you straight in the eye and describes things by their colors: the yellow mushrooms or the azure lake.

• cerulean
• sapphire
• lazuline
• sky-blue
• bright blue

News & Articles

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• Lemonade For Life
  BY MARK UNDERWOOD On cold, dreary, overcast days, do you dream about trading the chilly weather for a gorgeous day under azure blue skies and perfect temperatures? That wishful thinking is a positive way to look at the world. The good news is it’s more than wishing you had better weather—positive thoughts are good for your mental and physical health. read more
  June 10, 2013 - Leominster Champion
• Microsoft: We're adding 7,000 Azure IaaS users per week
  The new Linux and Windows Server virtual machines on Windows Azure are attracting more customers to Microsoft's public cloud.
  June 7, 2013 - ZDNet
• Top Windows Azure Experts Michael Collier and Michael Washam Join Aditi Technologies
  SEATTLE and BANGALORE, India, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aditi confirms the joining of Windows Azure experts Michael Collier and Michael Washam as part of a continued expansion of the company's cloud-centric ...
  June 6, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ray Ozzie in CRN
  Azure is not software that you run on your own server, it's a service running on a vast number of machines,said Ozzie.
• Michael W Wynne in Shreveport Times
  Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform ...... represent our belief that the key to delivering value today and in the future lies in combining the best aspects of software running on PCs, servers and devices with the best aspects of services... Steve Ballmer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGT7DyhzQ3h00Y6kfNCQOU0mgtXOA Bizjournals.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/11/17/daily20.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGxm0sRcTS4eFHq_PCESCpWfYLKow Nov 19, 2008 7212 10436 b-52 The B-52 test flights at Edwards Air Force Base are the initial steps in the Air Force process to test and certify a synthetic blend of fuel for its aviation fleet," Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said. "We are confident that the success...