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Green Eyeshade

How It's Used

“‘At Condé Nast, editors are treated like entertainment impresarios.  At Hearst, they’re expected to put on green eyeshades and sign expense vouchers from the photo department,’ said Randall Rothenberg, an editor at Wired, which is owned by Condé Nast, and a former executive editor at Esquire, which is owned by Hearst.”

“Democrats indulge in the joys of opposition. They get to sputter about fiscal irresponsibility, just as the green-eyeshade Republicans used to, as the majority party uses the power of the purse to buy votes. They get to make wild charges. They get to propose solutions that ignore inconvenient realities. They never have to betray their principles to get something done, and so they savor their own righteousness.”

"Along with a consolidated regulatory system, Canada also boasts a more conservative executive-suite culture. Canadian bankers act less like Wall Street's masters of the universe and more like sedate, green-eyeshade types. Regulators aren't the enemy; they're an early- warning system that signals financial problems before they blossom into catastrophe."

"His audience sits in rapt attention. A few years ago these antitax activists would have been polite but a tad restless listening to the former head of the Government Accountability Office, the nation's auditor-in-chief. Higher taxes is what hikes their blood pressure the most, but the profligate spending of the Bush and Obama administrations has put them in a mood to listen to this green-eyeshade Cassandra. 'He's so unlike most politicians,' says Sharron Angle, a former state legislator from Nevada, 'his message is clear, detailed and with no varnish.'"

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