Word: explaining
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...provided two hypotheses that may explain the observed connection...
...together and issued a new set of rules last Thursday restricting overdraft services to come into effect July 1. In case you missed the announcement, the new rules require banks to obtain the express approval of cardholders before signing them up for overdraft protection and to explain the policies in easy-to-understand language...
...partisanship. Perhaps the measure had taken them so much by surprise that senators hadn’t entirely accounted for the political ramifications of a bill that clearly enjoyed their visceral support. In any event, intense industry pressure convinced lawmakers to abandon the effort and left them trying to explain that, while they favored lower rates, they weren’t sure that caps were the way to accomplish that...
...governs people’s behavior when it comes to credit and debit cards are poorly designed rules, which allow things like overdraft services to systematically take advantage of people’s laziness or bad habits. Either way, the outcome is predatory. There is no other word to explain the fact that Americans carry an average of eight credit cards and as much as $10,000 in unpaid balances and that, as a country, our collective credit-card debt now tops $960 billion. To shame that these costs fall on the shoulders of those who are least well positioned...
...explain these moves, Obama turned to a device he often uses to transcend political divisions: a major speech. Delivered at the National Archives on May 21, Obama's address struck a new equilibrium between security and civil liberties - a stark contrast to the security-at-any-cost approach advocated by Cheney, but also a departure from his direction at the start of 2009. The President pointed out that he had ended "enhanced interrogation" and closed the CIA's secret prisons. But he also pledged to "use all elements of our power to defeat" al-Qaeda...