But the opinionated South Carolinian doesn't want to be tied down to a party.

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It could well be that he is thinking that if the rest of government is going to be tied down in gridlock the Fed must act with more aggressive efforts than it would like to.

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To further cut costs, Sony is also said to be considering a switch from the speedy Rambus XDR memory to more traditional DDR3 memory, which could apparently be tied directly to the processor to cut down on latency.

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Motherhood requires that one be self-deprecating, intuitive, patient and tied down.

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As for how the beta will be handled, she posits it'll be tied to Steam in some way, but no logistics are anywhere near nailed down.

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The latest QE-program announced by the Bernanke Fed will be tied to the progress of the labor market, which has seen the unemployment rate tick down as a consequence of a falling labor participation rate, rather than truly improved economic conditions.

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Buyouts can be enormously profitable, but because the money is tied up for years while management restructures and pays down debt, the returns are extremely uneven.

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