And my sense of self-worth is not bound up in how extraordinary our kids are.
But it would be a mistake to think that the entire nation was bound up in the events surrounding the fall of Silvio Berlusconi.
The problem is compounded by the fact that one's financial identity is so important these days, it is inevitably bound up in one's personality.
The counter-culture was secular, or bound up in New Age spirituality.
Although many sources of gas are already bound up in long-term contracts, optimists think Britain might be able to get more of it fairly easily.
Because the truth is there was a lot of national insecurity bound up in this, what with the alleged involvement in Al Yamamah of such luminaries as Mark Thatcher.
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But now the smell of victory is strong, So all the warring factions get along With factions that they loved then to disparage: They're bound up in a peaceful, loveless marriage.
The future of search, and all of the personalization that can be served up by that search data, is bound up in how much and what kinds of data can be associated with each of our different accounts.
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Your stories reminded me that everyday America's greatness is bound up in the lives of the American people -- your hard work, your devotion to duty, your love for your children, and your determination to keep going, often in the face of enormous obstacles.
This finding ties in with the revelation of hydrogen on Vesta, because the likeliest explanation for the indentations on the surface is that hydrogen, which is likely bound up in minerals there, is released in the form of water vapor when the material is heated up by impacts.
Or to put it another way, the practicalities of whether RBS and Lloyds could continue to be Scottish banks are intricately bound up in a separate, hugely important, debate - which is whether Scotland would be part of a formal sterling zone, with the Bank of England as central bank for a separated Scotland.
Intel is due to unveil a variety of cellphone and other portable device storage and processing chips, some of which are bound to end up in future Apple products.
Our allies worried too that if Gadhafi prevailed, he would return to the terrorism he committed in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, including blowing up a France-bound airliner in 1989.
But he said the custom was so widespread in Sierra Leone and so bound up with its culture and traditions that it causes difficulties in claims for asylum by young girls who fear it.
Under those circumstances, Berkshire's huge purchases were bound to push prices up in the event, by 50% since July.
Moreover, the basic cells that make up cartilage typically are bound in a cellular matrix where they are at, which makes them difficult to move.
During this festival, celebrants brandish palm fronds (bound up with willow and myrtle) in one hand and a lemon-like fruit, the etrog, in the other.
The letter also provided new details about al-Awlaki's alleged involvement in a 2010 plot to blow up U.S.-bound cargo planes with explosives hidden in printers.
In October 2010, al-Awlaki was involved with a new attempt by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to blow up U.S.-bound aircraft by inserting explosive devices in printer cartridges destined for the United States.
The final deciding factor for the future of the region's economies seems to be, as is often the case in the Gulf, bound up with oil prices.
If assets fall below liabilities then employers are duty bound to prop up ailing final salary schemes in order to ensure that members are paid their benefits in full.
And the language divide is much less contentious in Wales and Scotland than it is in Canada, where pressure for independence in Quebec is intimately bound up with French-speakers' worry about the survival of their language and culture.
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As the election heats up in 2012, we are bound to find out more.
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On December 23, a 29 year old man was found in one of the neighborhoods up the hill from the beach in Acapulco with his hands and feet bound, killed by two gunshots.
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And that would change the entire context of the Kurdish question, which is bound to come up at next month's summit in Istanbul of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
In red-tape-bound Delhi, the private share of hospital care has shot up to 40% since investment restrictions were lifted in 1986.
As they become smarter and more widespread, autonomous machines are bound to end up making life-or-death decisions in unpredictable situations, thus assuming or at least appearing to assume moral agency.
But in the manner in which Muslims treat Jerusalem shows the inextricably bound up nature of religion and politics.
But South Africa is not just being altruistic: its involvement in the rest of the continent is closely bound up with its own economic prospects.
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