When she secured a new job, she didn't feel any obligation to break the news gently.

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Jake, just because you're not in the majority doesn't mean you don't have an obligation to help solve the problems of this country.

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Probably not under current laws, which, while they to some degree limit fees and prepayment penalties to prevent gouging, don't impose any fiduciary obligation of the lender to the borrower.

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Post says that contrary to popular belief, the bridal shower isn't the maid of honor's obligation.

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And if you have paid for your mobile device, and aren't bound by a service agreement or other obligation, you should be able to use it on another network.

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He said the previous county executive had fulfilled the obligation to promote it and the agreement didn't bind him to the same requirement.

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And frankly, because state and local governments generally don't have the capacity to engage in deficit spending, some of that obligation falls on the federal government.

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This allegation, not included in the Starr referral, is even more curious than the previous one, because it's based on a novel legal theory, which is -- jeopardizes all lawyers in the building -- which is that a client has an enforceable obligation to correct his attorney's alleged misstatements, and if he doesn't make those corrections, he, the client, will be held liable to charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

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All of us have an obligation to make sure that even as we work to rescue and rebuild our economy, we don't lose sight of that.

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