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Public servants’ rally in Athens turns violent
Protesting public servants clashed with riot police...
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The bane of reckless handouts
We have recently been witness to the very worrying phenomenon of individual ministers making announcements of impending handouts without first having run their plans past the proper authorities at the Finance Ministry or securing their formal approval.
Such tactics must cease immediately because they cast the government in a very unfavorable light and make it appear incapable of coordinating its own people and departments. |
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Ask not from Obama
Barack Obama's election, as is universally acknowledged, is the triumph of hope over fear, of audacity over complacency. Even before his election, some noted that his greatest obstacle as president might be the irrationally high expectations of his people and of the rest of the world. On the one hand, the disaster of the Bush years highlighted the need for restoration, for the fixing of damage; on the other, the man himself, along with his inspired rhetoric, moved people to believe in his powers far more than one could rationally expect of a 47-year-old, first-term senator. |
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