But the Bush administration did not want to be encumbered by a formal alliance.
Not every journalist, Hardy says, wants to be encumbered by such considerations.
"I don't want to be encumbered with the value of a house," he said.
If Democrats are going to be encumbered by that link, they need to change voters' feelings about government.
Insurance assets are held to secure policyholders' claims and are not supposed to be encumbered or pledged.
That Greece and Portugal are among those in the worst trouble is well known, with both likely to be encumbered by high debt, weak competitiveness and stagnant growth for years.
When the bubble popped, great quantities of art were found to be encumbered.
I didn't want to be encumbered by clothing.
You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense".
With $16 trillion in client holdings sitting in accounts at brokerage houses, Meyer writes, "there is still a lot of potential collateral waiting to be encumbered".
