Freer, yes, but still encumbered -- now by the frequently embattled United States institution of higher education.
This is partly because they are starting work later; it is also because many are now encumbered with student debts.
The literature on the tables is full of stories from rock climbers and actors, once encumbered by glasses, now fulfilling their true potential.
Now encumbered by a criminal record, these young men find themselves subject to forms of legal discrimination and permanently locked out of mainstream society.
"Those matters now encumber your nomination and, if confirmed, your tenure".
Lost in all this partisan wrangling was the fact that American diplomacy has already undergone vast changes in the past few decades and is now so heavily encumbered by fortresslike embassies, body armor and motorcades that it is almost unrecognizable.
IN a smart, disheartening piece in The New York Times Magazine last month, Robert Worth surveyed the frustration of American diplomats who signed up to engage the world — even dreamed of changing it — and now find themselves encumbered by the safeguards and protocols of a risk-averse Washington.
"Women now don't want to be encumbered with lots of petticoats," said Mark Ingram, whose bridal salon in New York caters to a well-heeled clientele.
From the example above, this would be a home that is now worth $76,000 or less, but encumbered with a $95,000 mortgage.
Hamels has always fared well at Dodger Stadium — "I love pitching in California," said Hamels, a San Diego native — but he is a different pitcher now from the one he was then, encumbered by an uneven season, heightened expectations and, especially recently, diminished control.
