In Miami, according to Fitch, the pension-fund obligation eats up 25 percent of the city budget.
Nawaz, who takes seriously the idea that blood ties confer obligation, puts up Harris when he's sick and asks for nothing in return, at least not explicitly.
The ABC's international broadcasting service will be rejigged to maintain a Charter obligation, but up to 80 staff will lose their jobs.
Companies (as individuals) should know what their fiscal obligations are up front and should be able to plan with them.
When things are going well, Mr. Ross manages to check in three or four times a month; when work and caregiving obligations pile up, his dispatches dwindle.
John Sitnik, director of the Glen Ridge Public Library, also uses Sunday nights to make a mental list of the next week's obligations, rest up and catch up on the Sunday paper.
Many of these firms didn't actually hand over any monies, but their deferred tax obligations piled up just the same.
Goldman's holdings, direct or indirect, of AIG credit-default obligations made up one third of the $62 billion counterparty trades on AIG's books.
And so I sprinkled it liberally, and as my obligations built up, so did my resentments, so did my feelings of inadequacy.
Jean told me that for the opportunity to meet Alphonse, he had wrestled himself free of "family obligations," flipped up the collar of his red polo shirt, and taken the train in from Marseille in the south of France.
