Word: atm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...night; the crowds made bonfires of accumulated trash heaps and danced around the flames--a Dionysian image for the cameras. Rioters, admittedly a small minority of the crowd of more than 200,000, attacked concession stands and threw tables and chairs onto the flames. The more ambitious attacked an ATM. Someone burned a Mercedes near the stage; others set fire to 12 tractor-trailer trucks; propane tanks fired off gaudily...
...same way that banks are bombarding customers with ATM and service fees, giants like Citigroup, MBNA, Bank of America and American Express are raising fees, to $20 or $30, for being late or over limit. They're also shortening and rigidly enforcing grace periods on bill payments, upping foreign-transaction fees and imposing penalty interest rates of 20% or more. Some bewildered customers are being punished for not charging enough (inactivity fees). And even if you pay your MasterCard, say, but fall behind on your Discover charge, the MasterCard issuer might raise your interest rate, because you're deemed...
...ATM FEES More banks are charging customers for using automated teller machines, and the fees are getting higher, according to the Fed. Last year the average surcharge for noncustomers rose 6[cents] at banks, to $1.20; 11[cents] at savings and loans, to $1.15. Customers are also getting charged higher fees by their banks for using ATMs that belong to other institutions. To find machines that don't add a fee, visit www.surcharge-free-atms.com...
...eight hours this spring, the two watched as people went to the ATM at Cambridge Trust in Holyoke Center and took money out of their accounts...
...have sinister intentions. Rather, they were trying to prove that people would act like chimpanzees when they went to an ATM...