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Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

School divisions can and really have the obligation to impose certain time, manner and place restrictions on how that literature is distributed,

Raising trout in the numbers that we do to the size we do is an extremely expensive proposition. We have an obligation to get the best return on that investment that we can.

A couple of weeks ago we announced we were proceeding with negotiations with News Corp. That is our priority, ... We are engaged in these negotiations with News Corp. and Sky Global Network. The company and our board of directors have an obligation to respond to the interests of all of our shareholders. As such, we would always consider any alternative.

Stories are not explanations of the world we live in. Science does that, and math does that. Our obligation as fiction writers is to enhance the mysteries.

One has a sort of spiritual obligation to go back to the source material of the literature, to make contact with one of the seminal plays of the modern theater.

Decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people.

Despite the victory of democratic forces in Yugoslavia and its opening up to the world, the international community is not fulfilling its obligation to Yugoslavia.

An ombudsman has an obligation when it spots trouble, when it spots patterns, basically to speak truth to power.

an obligation to assist in providing security, and the coalition forces are doing that. They're patrolling in various cities. Where they see looting, they're stopping it.

Apple is under no obligation to purchase Freescale microprocessors other than work in progress that was in place at the time the agreement was executed

Any NBA player, any international player, obviously has a contractual obligation to their team first and foremost. And all the national teams are aware of that and, of course, in agreement with that. Their jobs and the team that they're playing for is their first responsibility and they're all very aware about that.

As a bank we have a fiduciary obligation to our customers and their money. The services necessary for an individual's investment plan might not all come out of the same department. We might refer them to our loan department for debt consolidation for example.

As a member of the Southeastern conference, whose institutions have been so deeply affected by Hurricane Katrina, the University of South Carolina feels a special obligation to help those schools, as well as everyone in the region who has suffered loss.

As a democratic society, Malawi has a moral obligation to ensure that each and every injustice, whether through acts of commission or omission, is met with deliberate and tangible action.

Art Exist for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world

Anyone who looks at that objectively would agree you had a horrible flawed process in place. If those numbers are accurate, why would Firestone not report that to headquarters? ... How could you possibly have not known in 1996 that you had an obligation to recall those tires...how could you assume that a one-out-of-10 failure rate was not significant enough to issue a recall?

As a journalist, you have to have multiple sources and verifiable science, and when you've done that and satisfied the most skeptical voice in your head, you have an obligation to ride through the streets - let people know what's going on.

At Yucca Mountain, we foster an atmosphere that points out ways we can improve our work and get our job done more effectively. This department remains committed to following our obligation under the law to license, construct and operate Yucca Mountain as the nation's permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel.

As long as companies remain in operation with ongoing pension plans, they have a legal obligation to meet their funding requirements.

As members of Congress, we believe it is our obligation to forward specific and credible information in our possession that could suggest a federal crime has been committed,

That's going to be our focus. We started some conversation with the owners about what kind of structure, what kind of commitments it would take from all the teams to institutionalize that so the obligation of playing a game every now and then, a regular-season game, outside of the United States would become a part of the normal team participation in the National Football League.

Alan misspoke. The agreement says up to five days. As I read it, that means Magna can fulfill its obligation by running as few as one day a week. It's a matter of interpretation. What I think Alan was talking about was the intent of the parties at the time the agreement was made.

Allan really gets it and drives home that point of one's obligation. He helps people in a positive way understand they have an obligation as a Jew to take care of the Jewish community and the general community.

You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don't belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when you were brought into the world, which taught you, which supported you and nurtured you. You have an obligation to repay it.

Young's Farm . . . was always a special place. It is a very unique property. We really felt an obligation and an opportunity to do something special up there and continue the legacy of the land.

This is a tragic case for all involved. But the facts in this matter fall squarely within the law and it is our obligation to follow the law.

This is sacred ground, ... Americans come here to learn of their past . . . their heritage. It is our obligation . . . to honor this sacred landscape by preserving it.

The University has a moral obligation to provide equal opportunities to women, minority persons and all other groups who work or seek to work at Harvard.

The university became the major generator of U.S. research. That caused an opportunity and an obligation to turn that research into results, putting research and education together.

This governor will finish his term. Bob has enough food and water to hold out for the whole 17 months and intends to stay in the mansion. He is determined to fulfill the obligation he owes to the citizens of Ohio and has no intention of letting an out of control legal system drive him from office.

This decision balances my legal obligation to provide access (to private land within a national forest) with my responsibility to minimize environmental impacts.

This convention is actually about trade clearly exceeds the mandate of UNESCO, ... deeply flawed and fundamentally incompatible with (the agency's) obligation to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image.

This department remains committed to following our obligation under the law to license, construct and operate Yucca Mountain as the nation's permanent repository for spent nuclear fuel.

They share our determination to prevail and to see this through. NATO equally recognizes an obligation to them.

This is a difficult time for CBS. They're the innocent party in this controversy. They have an obligation to the affiliates and to the viewers to show the tournament. In the overall framework of CBS and Viacom, it's not a major hit, but they will be foregoing the sponsor revenue.

This is a difficult time for CBS, ... They're the innocent party in this controversy. They have an obligation to the affiliates and to the viewers to show the tournament. In the overall framework of CBS and Viacom, it's not a major hit, but they will be foregoing the sponsor revenue.

They're under some obligation as swearing to uphold constitution to then try to pass legislation that would argue that.

Although the attorney general is, of course, the federal government's chief law enforcement officer, you have an independent obligation to ensure that the nation's laws are upheld,

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation

America feels an obligation to stand up for our founding values,

They met every obligation that they have indicated to us.

They had a legal obligation to properly dispose of the animals, and it looks like they didn't do that. As a police department, we're disturbed and concerned. It's a horrific finding.

There wasn't anybody on there, nobody, not one, representing residential energy users, not one representing small-business users, ... What our elected representatives are too inclined to do is to give the utilities what they want, completely failing to realize that they have the power and they really have the obligation to put the needs of Utah first.

There was contact, obviously. It was tough to turn down, honestly. But I felt an obligation to finish what we started.

There were times when I would finish writing a sequence and I would see the face of my very well-mannered, deeply Presbyterian mother staring back at me from my imagination, looking at me with her lips pursed like, 'Douglas, what do you think you're doing?' ... But if you're tackling a figure like Sade, you have a moral obligation to be true to his spirit.

The request for an additional $18 billion for 2002 for defense would just make this situation worse, and I told the secretary of defense I believe they have an affirmative obligation to come up with a way of paying for this,

As Jews, we have an obligation to ensure that what happened to us in the past doesn't happen to others. We have a commitment and an obligation to speak up and speak out loudly whenever and wherever genocide may take place.

As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to meet its obligation to revise energy-efficiency standards for common appliances calls out for prompt action.

All of us (military personnel) are Filipinos, so it is an obligation of us to monitor it (political and economic situation),

The mortgage is the largest obligation that people take on and it's very expensive to get a mortgage and very painful. It's not a fun process. So we've invested quite a bit of money in using the Internet and e-commerce to make it easier. Fannie Mae has become one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world. Last year, we underwrote through automated underwriting and electronically, two and a half million loans, $300 billion of transactions. This year will be over $400 billion. So e-commerce is moving into the mortgage sector and it's going to affect everybody.

According to the well-established supremacy doctrine, as well as the federal monopoly in immigration matters, the attorney general is under no obligation to heed this invalid order.

It's equally my obligation as a comedian to point out what is wrong with us and get us talking about our problems as it is pointing out what's wrong (with) the way, for example, the government is treating us.

It seems the court officers need a bit of a lecture about fundamental rights and their obligation to respect them.

It was a very tough decision. Probably for about five or six days I went back and forth a lot, talking to people. With Dave Dombrowski and Jim, we won a World Series and I had a relationship with both of them. That made it tough, but in the end my obligation was more important.

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy.

It is part of the obligation of the trustee to proactively make contact with third parties and discuss what information they require to make interoperable products.

It is our obligation to see that the meat is safe -- period -- regardless of where it's destined.

It is our obligation to free them from the clutches of evil, evil that has no boundaries,

I told him to take off the freaking cowboy hat and the dark glasses and nobody would recognize him. But I guess he feels less of an obligation to be there than I do.

It's all very well being a native speaker. But explaining complex grammar without training would be a nightmare. A course gives you practice. There's an obligation from schools to have professionally trained teachers, and your students expect to leave the classroom understanding what you've taught them.

It's only relatively recently that human beings have begun to think of happiness as not just an earthy possibility, but also in some ways as an obligation or entitlement, a natural human right. I think this has created a new and very modern pressure, even a new type of unhappiness: the unhappiness of not being happy.

It's the obligation of the Serb and Serbia-Montenegrin government to find these people and to arrest them,

It's the American people who sent us here; it's our obligation to meet their priorities. So let's roll up our sleeves, get back to work and get back to work and finish the work we were sent here to do.

It is time for our representatives to take their constitutional obligation to police themselves seriously, an obligation that members of both political parties have ignored to the detriment of the American people.

It's sad and an unfortunate situation. But, it's one we take very seriously, and we have an obligation to serve and protect the community.

It's our obligation to use the law to the furthest possible means to protect our users' privacy. It's just a legal and ethical principle.

It's our obligation to delay as long as possible Barca being crowned champions.

It's our obligation as the committee when we have an athlete who testified under oath, ... We need to determine the timing of the drug test and what was found in his system to understand whether perjury is an issue here.

It's my obligation to ensure that we have the legislative framework in place so key law enforcement agencies can do their jobs,

Congressman John Murtha and Alberto Mora exemplify the kind of courage my father admired most. When others were unwilling to do so, each man recognized a moral obligation to speak out against policies he believed were misguided and contrary to our national interest.

The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible.

the obligation of the government to protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.

The obligation of any judge is to decide the case before the court, and the nature of the issue presented will largely determine the appropriate scope of the principle on which its decision should rest.

Every attorney is mandated by law and by ethics to maintain the confidences and secrets in every file until the file is turned over to a successor attorney. Every attorney has the obligation to ensure that the attorney that's taking over the file does not have a conflict of interest relating to that file.

That looks like some sort of prelude to the rather drawn out and bloody removal of troops. Therein hangs a moral tale: A war that was wrongfully begun, do we have a moral obligation to see it to its end?

It's like having our kids home. Our first soldier mentioned that it was really neat to have someone in an unfamiliar place that he could call whenever he needed something. It's kind of like being a second parent and friend. There is no obligation on their part. They can take or leave us.

The bill of rights remains the same, and the obligation of the Court to protect those basic liberties in times of peace and in times of war and in times of stress and in times of calm, that doesn't change,

The bloom is off the rose for the Internet industry. There is a sense that American companies have a higher obligation than has been practiced in China in recent years.

The Borough of Pitcairn has a financial responsibility to taxpayers, as well as to the hardworking employees who provide important government services like police protection, to make sure its pension obligations are fully funded. My department will work closely with municipal leaders to make sure this obligation is met,

The attorney general took an oath to uphold the Constitution and serve the American public - not to push the White House's agenda. In America, no one is above the law, not even the president. The attorney general has an obligation to investigate this gross violation of the law, and at the bare minimum, should be providing answers to Congress. Effective oversight cannot occur without the full facts.

It's in bad taste. Yeah, he was a great defense attorney. But what about your moral obligation to children and society?

Nevertheless, defense by power as a first obligation on a state has to be considered in relation to things other than economics.

It's worse than I thought going in. The state of Colorado has a moral, if not legal, obligation to bail this thing out, and this problem is not going to fix itself. (PERA) is absolutely in denial over the future burden they're building in for future taxpayers.

I want to limit it to the weapons of mass destruction and provide language that in the event the United Nations does not compel compliance, then the president would be authorized to use force. So the first obligation would be on the United Nations,

The world is watching and the politicians know they have an obligation that they must fulfil. NATO has delivered -- it is now up to the parliamentarians to deliver again.

The two months that I'm in Spring Training is tough. The family obligation weighed heavily. We spent a lot of time talking about that. The truth of the matter is during spring, I'm at the ballpark the majority of days for 12, 15 hours. I wouldn't get a whole lot of time with them.

The U.S. can become carbon neutral in our lifetimes. In the process, we will put millions of Americans to work, make our companies more competitive, and shield our communities from extreme weather. And we will honor our obligation to leave the world a better place for future generations.

There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.

Once a son tells you this is his dream ? and the father has been where he wants to go ? it's my obligation to drive him.

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

The National Western Stock Show will not tolerate cheating, tampering or unethical fitting. We stand behind our commitment and obligation to uphold the highest standards of honesty, integrity and fair showmanship.

After the hearings on the House side in March and after receiving the commissioner's letter (re tougher penalties), we had discussions both before and after. There was an agreement that it would be unfair to change the deal in the middle of the season. I then sent the tapes of the (March) hearings to the players. I had an obligation to meet with them all, which I did.

Again, it is the obligation of the courts to decide particular cases, ... Often that means acting on the side of justice as we understand it, enforcing the Bill of Rights, enforcing the equal protection clause.

A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets.

That's a lot of nonsense, ... I sold it because I got a very, very good price for the company and I felt an obligation to take it. It had nothing to do with Bob whatsoever.

The intention is to build a young team which can be built on for the future. The team has achieved everything that we can possibly do in South Africa, and the future of the team is in Europe. There is therefore an obligation to purchase the best riders possible to fulfil all the sponsors' objectives regardless of nationality. David is an outstanding professional, who has been on the team since its inception and we hold him in high regard and thank him for the contribution he has made to the team.

The Federal Trade Commission has a statutory obligation to safeguard the interests of consumers in the online marketplace. This case is a test of the FTC's ability to act in the public interest.

The family in Miami thinks the issue is that (under) the asylum laws in this country, any alien, regardless of age, has the right to apply for asylum and the INS has the obligation to adjudicate the case.

I'm a big Brett Favre fan. When you look at what he's done and what he's played through ... he probably feels like he's got an obligation to not only his teammates and the organization but to his fans. That's the way I feel.