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...wrong things, whether we just wasted it, whether it was lost through lack of transparency. And that just created the whole problem of the huge deficit and the huge debt. So putting our house in order is actually reshaping and re-launching Greece, but reshaping the whole political system. In many ways this crisis should be seen also as an opportunity...
...what their state or their democracy can provide. The Greeks of today or tomorrow, can they expect the same social support, the same social welfare state that the generations before them expected? Or are Greeks going to have to recalibrate their expectations? We want to make sure the social system survives. We have to become competitive. Greece also has both negatives, but also a positive on this because our social system is not 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...
...More checks and balances. Our budget is going to be under the scrutiny of the parliament, but also an independent body. More meritocracy in the public service. We now have a system where people will be chosen only on a meritocratic basis, not a clientelistic basis. This is slowly changing things...
...Cornell plays a different system than Duke,” senior defenseman Ben Smith said. “They’re a little bit more free-flowing. It’s not as much about set plays—they kind of just feed off each other. It’s a little hectic and disorganized, so we’re going to have to communicate well, play very tough on ball, and make it difficult for their players to do what they want...
...Having a system is not enough,” DesRoches added. “We can’t expect that hospitals are just going to plug these systems in, and suddenly you’re going to see large improvements. The systems are only going to be as good as how people are using them...