Even so, the Florida Senate race had the makings of a classic: vulnerable opponent in a big, colorful swing state opposed by a well-backed congressman with instant name recognition.
The Bay State's colorful Edward Atkinson — variously a prominent abolitionist, cotton mill industry leader and weapons supplier to John Brown — persuaded Lincoln to liberalize between-the-lines trading.
The cables reveal that in private, the Chinese, long seen as North Korea's last protectors against the West, occasionally provide the Obama administration with colorful assessments of the state of play in North Korea.
"The house is so beautiful," said Michelle Dodds, the city's acting historic preservation officer, "who would ever want to tear it down?" Preserving history is a tricky business in Arizona, where so many old structures have been felled by fire, decay or development that the state's colorful past is often celebrated in recreated settings.
Accompanied by his habitually groggy friend Coleman in THE RIPTIDE ULTRA-GLIDE (Morrow, $25.99), Serge A. Storms is still cruising the highways on his perpetual quest to cleanse Florida of ill-mannered evildoers and educate ignorant tourists on the colorful history of his state.
If you have energy left, finish off at the Mercado de Artesanías (Dos Oriente at Seis Norte), an 18th-century market that carries crafts from throughout Puebla state, including colorful ponchos and stall after stall of Mexican desserts like dulces de Santa Clara.
Louisiana is either blessed or cursed with the most interesting, colorful politics of any state, and also with some of the finest duck hunting anywhere, so it was probably inevitable that they would become mingled.
Having designed and sold Ishvara's classic tanned-leather Mediterranean sandals from a tiny beach storefront in Formentera, Spain (the brand is based in Ibiza), since 1982, Marco is finally bringing his casual, colorful flats to the states.
She calls "This Winter Day" colorful and pleasant, and states that it reminds her of a genre painting.
