Word: actioner
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Some senators were agitated, too. There was heavy talk of legislative action starting in September when it was reported that banks expected to draw $38.5 billion this year in “overdraft protection services,” 90 percent of which was coming from 10 percent of checking accounts. It’s the people who can least afford it who subsidize the rest...
...flat fee, overdraft charges were proportional to the size of the overdraft—or that you were permitted a limited number of overdrafts each year at a reasonable rate. The Fed regulation doesn’t preclude these measures from being considered by Congress, but it makes immediate action on a bill that had a questionable amount of support to begin with far less likely...
...Most people followed [my] campaign on Facebook, but how do you translate that into action on the ground?” he said. “You’re already following the campaign online. So get on the phone...
...Still, considering it's taken four decades to get to this point, the process is bound to be a gradual one. In recent years, the state's action plan was to establish a minimum police presence in all Naxal regions, and little attention was paid to increasing the size of the ranks or improving the meager force's fighting abilities. But without strength in numbers or combat skills, the police have been unable to curb the spread of Maoist violence and defend the state's isolated police outposts. At the Indian Economic Summit in New Delhi on Nov. 10, Chidambaram...
...Zardari. The New York Times reported Monday that in the letter, Obama urged Zardari to rally his nation behind a joint campaign against militants who fight the Pakistani government and those who fight U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan. Obama was also reported to have demanded more decisive action against al-Qaeda leaders hiding in Pakistan's tribal areas. In return, he reportedly offered a range of fresh incentives, "including enhanced intelligence sharing and military cooperation." (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...