That carried obligations, of course: hobnobbing with sponsors' clients at business conventions; playing simultaneous matches against multiple (laughably bad, compared with him) opponents at recruiting fairs; dinners and cocktails and small talk.
Last week Hunt unveiled his plans for a new national television channel to act as a "spine" for local TV services and said that BSkyB and Virgin Media could be subject to "must carry" obligations to offer the station high on their electronic programming guides.
The case is notable, because it will ultimately decide whether mobile carriers are to fall under the same "must carry" obligations as wired carriers are.
They acknowledge that professional and other roles carry obligations (or duties, as Gert insists) that do not bind persons who do not occupy the relevant roles; they claim that the actions one is obligated to perform within the roles are merely moral ideals for any person not in the specific role.
Second, symbolic drivers, such as vast power inequalities due to traditional hierarchies of authority and defined social roles, often correlate closely with relationships that carry obligations of much needed material support.
Kinship carries strong obligations of mutual support and interest.
In the relatively homogeneous Japanese society, social status carries heavy obligations, and community pressure is extremely powerful.
That Winter Classic, which has become the N.H.L.'s biggest regular-season event, carries important obligations to NBC, HBO and various corporate sponsors.
In addition, Cambridge has an unfunded liability for its regular pension fund (distinct from the OPEB fund) to the tune of nearly $70 million, and, of course, Cambridge also carries bond obligations, as do many municipalities.
