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...well organized, there's a lot of waste. So in cutting down the waste, I think we can modernize it and make it even more efficient as far as costs. And this is where I think we can move ahead. There are countries that have been able to maintain a social welfare system, and see that as part and parcel of being competitive. That is the Nordic countries, or the Scandinavian countries, where they have a very important welfare system, but they're at the top, most competitive countries in the world. I often like to say that the sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with George Papandreou | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...Create a Job" [March 29]: The government can help gin up jobs by reducing the 40-hour workweek, which was established in 1940. Since then, technology has increased worker productivity dramatically, resulting in fewer workers producing more. A 36-hour week would require the workforce to be increased to maintain today's total weekly man-hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...remedy Washington’s culture, Ayotte recommended that Republicans maintain good ideals, stay accountable once elected, and lead with humility...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HRC Celebrates Lincoln Day | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...once the bullpen came into the game in the seventh, Harvard could not maintain its lead for more than a third of an inning...

Author: By E. Benjamin Samuels, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Columbia Piles on Runs in Dominant Showing at O’Donnell Field | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

MHASP helps maintain the size of its program through collaboration with other established public service programs at Harvard, but also through extensive recruitment of volunteers outside of Harvard...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe and Linda Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Mission Hill Program Teaches Local Youth | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

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