This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.

这一事件必然使华盛顿大为尴尬。

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The innovator will search for alternate courses, which may prove easier in the long run and are bound to be more interesting and challenging even if they lead to dead ends.

创新者会寻找其他的道路，从长远来看，这些道路可能更容易，也必定更有趣，更有挑战性，即使它们走到死胡同。

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I doubt it, but we cannot be sure, because there are bound to be fields in other countries ripe for exploitation with the same technology.

对此我虽然持怀疑态度，但也不能妄下结论，因为在其他国家必然有油田已具备采用与美国相同技术的条件。

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The Festo case, which appears to be bound for the Supreme Court, is pitting large companies (such as IBM and Ford), which say that the fuzzy equivalency doctrine encourages lawsuits, against smaller companies, which are worried that their innovations will be ripped off.

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Three wins in a row, two of which were at home against Reading and QPR who seem to be bound for a relegation fight and their first win away to Manchester United in more than 20 years, seem to have Tottenham on the upswing.

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It is always hard to predict the impact of new technology, but there are several developments already on the horizon which, if the recent past is anything to go by, are bound to be used for monitoring of one sort or another.

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