In other words, President Bush risks having a unilateral decision to reduce American strategic nuclear forces by two-thirds over the next decade morphed by his Secretary of State into a binding bilateral agreement, replete with verification mechanisms carried forward from earlier arms control treaties.

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The proposals in the long-delayed report from the Law Revision Commission aren't binding, but state legislators said they had been awaiting them before modifying the widely criticized laws.

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The recommendations in the report, which hasn't been made public but was submitted to the home ministry Wednesday, aren't legally binding, although state prosecutors are expected to follow through with its suggestions.

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Daewoo's state-controlled creditors are now looking for binding offers by October 20th.

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The requirement for all Federal and State Civil officers to give their solemn and binding Oath is established in Article VI, Section 1, Clause 4.

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Hamburg, where the party is forming its first state-level coalition with the Greens, will seek to make referendums binding on the legislature.

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Although some contend that we already adhere to some of the navigational practices found in LOST, either because we recognize them as customary international law or consider ourselves bound to such practices by previous (non-LOST) treaty commitments, this Treaty alters the framework entirely by requiring state parties to submit to mandatory dispute resolution mechanisms, the rulings of which are binding and without appeal.

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