For most of the nineteen-seventies, the official route map of the New York City subway system was a beautiful thing.
Rather than signalling the aspiration for system of checks and balances against absolute power, democracy become a euphemism for majority rule.
Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.
The American political system is like fast food--mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things...and everybody wants some.
Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system.
On Medicare, I would suggest ridding the system of fraud and bulk purchasing of prescription drugs, to begin with.
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions.
In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.
When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.
Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way, I want to know the reason for that.
However, it required some years before the scientific community in general accepted that flexibility and disorder are very relevant molecular properties also in other systems.
It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.
Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.
New technologies can be used for destructive purposes. The answer is to develop rapid-response systems for new dangers like a bioterrorist creating a new biological virus.
Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation.
But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content.
If you look at where innovation - defined as ideas, not as commercial product - tends to live, the university system is remarkably innovative.
It's quite fashionable to say that the educational system is broken. It's not broken. It's wonderfully constructed. It's just that we don't need it anymore.
Your brain activates a magnificent system to store memories as reference points for you to learn from... not to create a past for you to be stuck in.
The planets and moons of our solar system are blatantly visible because they reflect sunlight. Without the nearby Sun, these planets would be cryptic and dark on the sky.
