Many of today's meritocrats, in contrast, don't believe it's a rigged game in their favour, and commit themselves to winning it at all costs, which means stepping on everyone else.

但是今日的许多精英们并不相信他们只是碰巧处在游戏中的一个有利位置上。他们竭尽全力谋求胜利，这就意味着要把其他的人打下去。

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"It cannot assess whether it is reducing costs or winning the battle against fraud unless it has reliable, transparent and consistent medical and financial information," says Clarke.

“除非具有可靠、透明和一致的医疗和财务信息，否则该国无法评估其是否削减了费用或在与欺诈行为的斗争中取得了胜利，”Clarke说。

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"Value for money and costs per medal become of secondary importance to actually winning," he said.

“获得每一枚奖牌所得到金钱或奖励的价值实际上会成为成功的第二个重点，”他说。

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The Lakers have been known to abide by a culture of winning at all costs and it has been evident in its success rate, including 17 World Championships.

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So the overwhelming increase in its profitability came from cutting costs and winning shoppers.

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But it eventually decided against it after cutting costs and winning concessions from trade unions.

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