With the introduction of debit cards, money could be withdrawn from personal accounts instantaneously, leaving the individual little recourse in the event that the product or service was unsatisfactory or a billing error had occurred.
The fact is we planned very fully to deal with these contingencies which are here now, and we have a system which in a very unsatisfactory state of affairs, a fire strike, is as robust as it could be.
Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfeld said the current office was "unsatisfactory" and a "suitable alternative" would be found.
This has been done, but it is unsatisfactory because in a cross-country comparison many other things vary along with political institutions: it is impossible to isolate the effect of political arrangements on happiness.
New York has long had a system that rates teachers as "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory, " with a very small percentage receiving a poor evaluation each year.
At a time when U.S. airlines are a whipping post for passenger complaints about crowded flights, tight seats, costly tickets and unsatisfactory service, there is a glimmer of hope.
As markets go, that for chief executives works in a spectacularly unsatisfactory way, he argues.
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The investment-services directive, a particularly unsatisfactory piece of legislation, is being rewritten.
But Lord Tunnicliffe said that the London Underground deal, which established Metronet to maintain the bulk of the tube network, was based on "a very unsatisfactory business structure".
Despite some improvement this year, Mr Woodhead says pupils' progress in information technology is unsatisfactory in more than a third of primary schools and more than four in 10 secondary schools.
He questioned why Mr. Bloomberg has waited so long to try to fire teachers with two straight years of an "unsatisfactory" rating, a power the administration has always had but left up to principals' discretion.
Ofsted's redefinition of satisfactory performance as unsatisfactory had been "both a distortion of the English language and a profoundly depressing judgement for many heads, " he added.
Commerzbank, Germany's second-largest bank, is slashing bonuses for 2012 as a result of "unsatisfactory net profit".
When something goes wrong while flying, it can feel far more punishing than a bad hotel or unsatisfactory purchase.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews says the creation of Wales' 22 councils during a local government shake-up in the mid-1990s was a mistake that contributed to unsatisfactory standards in schools 10 years later.
But Rubio also left himself a way out if compromises yield an unsatisfactory bill.
It is infinitely easier for a board to get rid of an unsatisfactory CEO, however they may not be delivering, if that CEO is not also the chairman of the board.
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If a year later they were still rated as unsatisfactory, then termination proceedings would begin within 100 days.
"It didn't violate Google's guidelines, and yet it was kind of unsatisfactory, like fast food when what you want is a real meal, " says Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, which chronicles the business.
President Bush predicted that those who want to pull out of Iraq will point to the unsatisfactory report card, but he reiterated that this was a preliminary report and that a more comprehensive assessment would come in mid-September.
In a related complaint, another 14% stemmed from unsatisfactory claim amounts offered by an insurance firm.
He said it was "wholly unsatisfactory" that 3% of the track was now in a "very poor" condition.
The buy-to-let market, which many have turned to as an alternative to unsatisfactory pension investments, is looking less attractive as surveyors report a decline in rents.
He made the report after the officer gave him an "unsatisfactory" rating when he left her in the middle of a foot pursuit, a police official said.
Irresponsibility might seem to moralists an unsatisfactory condition for an adult, but in practice it can be a huge relief.
My wife, a dedicated Amazon customer and a huge reader, bought a Kindle Fire about six months ago and found it unsatisfactory.
Anecdotal evidence of really awful teachers is always springing forth to justify a system of accountability designed to weed out ineffective, unsatisfactory teachers.
Competition from other types of gambling and the ability to bet off-track have resulted in yawning, outdated physical plants that attract crowds for a only handful of days a year, and a patron experience that often ranges somewhere among uninterested, unsatisfactory and unpleasant.
For most of March, it appeared the Mets would opt for a platoon, trying to maximize the return in an otherwise unsatisfactory situation.
Mr Dilnot said the current rules were "unsatisfactory" as they put those entitled to see the information in advance in a "difficult position" if they then had to speak in public and urged a review of the procedures.
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