But for Mubarak to form a new government, he has to take an active part I think under Egyptian law.

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The Department of Health says it wants to extend people's opportunities to take an active part in the management of there own conditions.

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And, when your money is on the line, and when you have to take an active part in deciding where it goes, a whole bunch of other things you never considered become infinitely more important.

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Finally, there are some nice experimental results showing that if you ask people to take an active role and vote on where a small part of their taxes goes (education, infrastructure, military, health, etc.), this improves their attitude toward taxes.

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The sailor is smiling and carries the message that "I'm proud of you folks too" - a clear effort on the part of the government to make those in the factories take an active, enthusiastic stake in the war effort.

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