And, because many of the investment-trust companies are bound by cross-shareholdings to the chaebol, their lending and investment decisions are suspect.
The band of Manchurian guerrillas who had attended the state's birth appeared bound by almost chivalric oaths of fealty, trust and reciprocal obligation.
The frenetic rush to prepare its second reading marked the beginning of a lifelong co-operation with the voluntary sector, not bound by commercial contracts but united by mutual trust.