Word: effect
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Indeed, these banks ought to acknowledge that the government saved them. For starters, they ought to stop gouging the vulnerable among us with overdraft fees and credit-card games. "Reform" is supposed to take effect early next year, but banks have accelerated their gouging since the legislation passed...
...Palestinian faith in President Mahmoud Abbas' path of negotiating peace with the Israelis and Americans. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal set the tone that day by declaring, "Jerusalem's fate will be decided with jihad and resistance, and not negotiations." The symbolic power of the Jerusalem issue has a radicalizing effect not only on the Palestinians, but all across the Arab and Muslim world, with anti-Israel sentiment at a fever pitch even in Turkey, a long-standing Israel ally...
...shipping restrictions were terminated in 1921, and the U.S. remained national-emergency-free until 1933, when Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed a national emergency so that he could institute bank holidays. Roosevelt never formally ended the emergency, and in 1973 an astonished Senate committee discovered that, technically, it was still in effect - along with three other so-called emergencies that collectively had activated 470 provisions of federal law. For 40 years, the U.S. government had accidentally authorized the President to seize property, control production, institute martial law and restrict travel at any time. Congress rectified this oversight with the 1976 National Emergencies...
...decline in Henry’s character exposes the essential flaw in Federman’s scheme. Having a woman play the king is fascinating, but having women play all of the other roles too is essentially meaningless. Exactly the same effect, or an even stronger one, could have been created with Kinsley as Richard and more conventional casting. Almost all of the supporting performances are strong, particularly that of second year HLS student Mary R. Plante as Bolingbroke’s father, John of Gaunt. However, these depictions don’t tell us anything new about the characters...
...current system. While some form of "employer mandate" would require employers to provide coverage or pay penalties, most large employers already offer benefits and many small businesses that can't afford them would be exempted from the requirement. Of the reform proposals that could have some long-term effect on the employer-based system, the most significant may be one that would levy a 40% excise tax on policies that cost more than $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for family coverage in 2013. (The average total cost of individual and family policies...