Falling saving rates, rising divorce figures and much else besides are yoked to the argument.

ECONOMIST: Can you be too rich?

Amateur pilots financed leather-yoked, air-conditioned Beech Bonanzas and made perfect landings and the first turnoff every time.

FORBES: Digital Rules

For Mr Strauss-Kahn, it is awkward to be yoked to a policy platform so far to his left.

ECONOMIST: The French Socialist Party lurches left

He yoked the four centre-right parties, which had previously bickered, into campaigning as an alliance on a single platform.

ECONOMIST: Sweden's election

The fundamental problem with the eurozone - that it yoked together such different economies - has not gone away.

BBC: Euro: Merkel gives concessions to Italy and Spain

Ulmer cuts loose with a wild creativity that yoked his theatrical imagination to a keen view of the traumatic times.

NEWYORKER: Her Sister's Secret

Economic and monetary union has yoked together very different economies and cultures.

BBC: The struggle for Cyprus

Being yoked together on projects guarantees constant peer pressure to stay committed.

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It also poses painful questions about a mid-career artist whose restless curiosity is yoked to the glory and burden of a public persona questions that apply as well to Clarke and her methods.

NEWYORKER: Ornette: Made in America

To a particular kind of hyper-ambitious young person, entering into a domestic commitment too early carries a risk: what if you end up yoked to somebody who lacks the stamina to keep up?

NEWYORKER: The Disconnect

An educated guess is that 40% of American homeowners have yoked themselves to ARMs. But in big cities, where homeowners have learned to apply every inch of leverage available, the percentage holding ARMs is even higher.

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