Other people lack the self control to use credit cards like debit cards, by paying them off every month.

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Still, a return to full-on state control is not on the cards.

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And its first step is a tiny one: to create software that will make it easier for programmers to control and write to SIM cards.

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One proposed use for chip-based cards is to control spending.

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You see, ever since FiOS starting deploying CableCARDs, a year after all the other cable providers, it has never enforced the pairing of the cards or used Copy Control Information (CCI) flags more restrictive than Copy Freely.

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Instead, do your jobs, cut up the credit cards, and get spending under control.

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The new control of housing and work law will introduce registration cards and a population register.

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Any such partial amnesty must be buttressed by tough measures to control future applicants, such as fingerprinting and identity cards, to prevent a repetition of the present situation.

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These six financial institutions issue more than two-thirds of all credit cards, over half of all mortgages, control 95 percent of all derivatives held in financial institutions and hold more than 40 percent of all bank deposits in the United States.

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They want more workers, they want loyalty cards for their pro customers, they want more control over what goes at the end of the aisles.

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The mayor will also propose raising of the age of retirement for city workers to 67, require city workers to pay a larger share of their healthcare benefits, and will announce that a significant number of layoffs for union workers are in the cards if Los Angeles is to bring its finances under control.

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England said all the right things leading into the game and when they started impressively it looked as though an upset might be on the cards, but once the visitors' initial surge ran out of steam New Zealand assumed total control.

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