Burnt edges rendered the confectionary inedible, but as its final destination was no longer stomachs, raw lasagna sheets were added for structural support, and hot glue used to bind it all together.

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In the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, candidates and incumbents solemnly bind themselves to oppose any and all tax increases.

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It still retains its most important feature, a 12-button thumb grid built to deliver cataclysmic destruction on all enemies when you bind spells, items, and macros to the buttons for quick access.

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That would make the task force subject to the Administrative Procedures Act and all the rules that bind other regulatory bodies, including the legal requirement to consider public comments and provide avenues for appeal.

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The Club and Cobb struggle to come to terms with the realities in which they have been placed, each questioning the true nature of the rules that bind them and if they may not be so immutable after all.

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After all, the two upstate New Yorkers have ties that bind.

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All of which would seem to leave Bayer in a bind: Slash margins to meet the U.S. government's price target or let the drug go off-patent early.

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"To remember that we all have to stretch ourselves to build the ties that bind a democracy, which really is the source of our strength, " Branch says.

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