The government's underlying weakness in green eyes is that it is too close to business and too frightened of unpopularity.

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It is an interesting triple "coincidence, " which probably evolved over time, that our eyes are most sensitive to yellow-green light, which happens to be the characteristic color of sunlight as well as the color that can most easily be transmitted through the Earth's atmosphere.

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As my eyes adjusted, I realized that this seemingly solid carpet of green was actually a large, dense grouping of water hyacinth, throbbing with electric blue and crimson dragonflies, spindly mottled spiders and monstrous ants.

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There was an air of tension as eyes scanned each bank, eagerly searching for movement, for anything that would break the green lines of vegetation.

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