As a result of an expanded individual market, Americans participating in the health care system might see benefits in three specific areas: cost, transparency and portability.

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So weak banks are avoiding the stigma of participating, which weakens the financial system as a whole.

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Many of Howard's students have behind-the-scenes access to the political system with the privilege of regularly participating in internship programs at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and other federal government agencies, because of the school's location in the nation's capital.

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It was known as the Bretton Woods system and it helped stabilize the currencies of participating countries.

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The network is set up so that the participating companies are learning not only from their own eco-system.

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Al Mansour believes in working within the system to change it rather than fighting against it by not participating.

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But we also know that in this country, that system, our free enterprise system, works when everybody has got a shot, when everybody is participating, when everybody has got a chance to get a good education and learn new skills, when we support research into medical breakthroughs and new technologies that will create new businesses.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

It will co-ordinate the development and application of standards for computer support to meet the requirements of the shared bibliographic system and services in co-operation with the National Libraries of the countries participating in the COBISS network.

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