SPRING colors glowed: robin's-egg blues, daffodil yellows and succulent greens balanced by far-off reflections from the sand and surf.
Green – balance, refreshing, normalizing, and promotes emotional growth.
Of the two, tiny alfalfa sprouts are the more delicate, their green flavor balanced by a subtle nutty undertone.
On the way to Kumarakom Lake Resort, accompanied by George Joseph, an astute cultural observer and steely-nerved driver, we passed women with jasmine garlands in their hair, open-air trucks bursting with warty brown jackfruit, markets where men balanced green bundles of curry leaves on their heads, their aromatic trail hanging in the moist air.
Behind the signs stood Steve Powers, affixing each to dark green light posts, balanced on a bright orange ladder, clad in an equally bright traffic vest.
The hotel will stand two levels higher than the rock face of the 100 meter deep quarry, making its green roofing visually balanced in nature, with sustainability as the integral key to its design.
There is a tempura-salad hand roll built around a soft and flavorful hunk of fried sweet potato, with greens to balance its meatiness and a ginger-yuzu dressing zipping along the top, a melody to remember.
A salad of bitter greens and beets, balanced and harmonious, comes with pickled, not fresh, berries.
The greens and nuts balanced the sweet pear and tangy blue cheese, and the dribbles of vincotto that decorated the plate added a perfect finishing touch.
But the long list of proposals by Mr. Schröder, who governs through a coalition of his own Social Democratic Party and the leftist Greens, was carefully balanced between calls for changes in Germany's elaborate and sometimes confining protections and a passionate defense of what Mr. Schröder called "a strong, performing welfare state".
