And, back in my atelier, I thought of the green-eyed glance of my wife, the intelligence it took in, the judgment it registered, all in that instant of nonrecognition.

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For a company whose motto is "do no evil, " Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) has come under a surprising amount of criticism of late for being green-eyed.

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Continued green-eyed obsession with projected 10-year budget deficits based on the jargon of baselines and assumptions that only a few can understand, and fewer still can master, will make them the party of austerity and zero-sum policies.

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Around our house, when not infected by the Birdseye plague, real food often meant chicken-fried steak with mashed potatoes and cream gravy, sugar peas, field peas, black-eyed peas, lima beans, green beans, all greens, ambrosia, okra, corn, tomato aspic, squash casseroles, pot roast, fried fish, chicken and dumplings, hot rolls, biscuits, cornbread, cakes, pies, fudge, divinity and Mama's homemade vegetable soup, which was world famous in our family.

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