Word: system
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...system requires banks to clearly explain overdraft charges to their consumers, and it also requires permission to offer the service in the first place. Requiring permission will make the customer a more active participant in the process of acquiring and, yes, understanding the use of a debit card—an essential step in liberating huge numbers of Americans from the confusion that has all too often translated into customer abuse...
...Russian interests. If this happens, the United States and NATO cannot sit quietly while Russia bullies Ukraine’s government into following its line. President Obama already showed Moscow that he is willing to be flexible when he agreed to scrap Bush-era plans for a missile defense system viewed by Russia as threatening. Now, he must show that he is also willing to stand up to Russia, and any further attempts to influence the election must be met by strong rebukes. If the United States really wants to “reset” its relations with Russia...
...court-martial - essentially a military trial - is the oldest system of justice in the United States, predating even the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. The roots of military law stretch back to ancient Rome, where it was adopted to enforce discipline within the ranks, especially among mercenaries. In 1775, the Continental Congress met at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War and adopted the Articles of War based on Britain's military code. The system was not heavily used in World War I, but in World War II some 2 million people were court-martialed for varying offenses, resulting...
...certain European political and intellectual circles, such talk would hardly turn heads. But those three men wagging their fingers at the free market were thought to have their capitalist bona fides as part of a generation of European business and government leaders who had pushed for reforming the welfare system and opening up the job market. Often in open ideological war against the entrenched interests of labor unions and leftist politicians, the likes of Sarkozy and Tremonti had long insisted that free-market reforms were the only way to create a more dynamic Europe in an increasingly competitive globalized economy...
...value," he told a Milan conference. "The lifetime job is the base on which to build a life and a family. For me, the fundamental objective is stability of work, which is the basis for social stability." Two weeks later, Tremonti added that he wouldn't touch Italy's system of public pension benefits, which economists of every stripe say needs major reforms...