Whitaker and Baxter also ran the Clem Whitaker Advertising Agency, which charged a fifteen-per-cent commission from clients for every ad.

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Michio Ochi, who heads the government commission charged with financial-sector reform, said it would slow down their write-offs of bad loans, and hamper their return to health (although the soft policies pursued by Mr Ochi himself are also often blamed for the banks' lingering malaise).

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In another Obama-era episode, two experts from the Wyoming Water Development commission charged that the EPA ignored its own guidelines in testing water wells when testing for fracking-related contamination.

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In November, Mr. Cuomo named Dr. Redlener, a pediatrician, as the co-chairman of the NYS Ready Commission, a group charged with recommending changes to health care, energy, transportation and communications systems in future emergencies.

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At the climate-change talks in Copenhagen authority lay with the National Development and Reform Commission, charged with economic development.

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Charged with unraveling the mystery is Milap Chand Jain, 68, who heads a government-appointed commission that has been probing the assassination for more than six years.

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