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...been in politics for quite a few years, it's getting close to 28 to 29 years. So the fact that they call me decent after 29 years shows you can be decent in politics. There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - lobbies they call them in the States. (See how Americans are spending...
...worst over for Greece? I think the worst is over for the crisis that we've had, the sort of peak of the crisis. But there's a lot of work to be done, difficult work. The pain is still there because the cuts, the wage cuts, the economic measures are biting and people will all feel this in the next few years. But if we do what is necessary, we'll come out of this stronger and much more viable. And that's what my hope is - and my belief is - that we can do this. Sometimes crises...
...driveway and the bold modern art next to the leather-bound books are small but telling signs of how he is shaking up the fusty world of Greek politics. "I do believe in a few years we'll be proud to say we went through this very difficult time, and we've come out a Greece that is a different type of Greece," he says. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...
...Papandreou told TIME. "Greece had lost credibility. What I was saying all along is we have to bring back our credibility." Importantly, he's also managed to keep his party largely in line. "There is this concept of politics as a dirty game," he says. "It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty." Greeks, Papandreou argues, want to deal with the rot eroding their society. "The first thing is to realize [corruption] exists as a problem, and that we've already accomplished," he says. "Already people are saying we do need a change...
...Maybe you're not a golf fan; if that's the case, let me tell you that a birdie is a very good score on a hole, and an eagle is one better, two under par. Even great golfers are delighted to make an eagle on a course as difficult as the storied Augusta National Golf Club. (See TIME's top 10 disgraced athletes...