Why encumber themselves with this pushy, opinionated, conceited, publicity-seeking soixante-huitard (sixty-eighter) and a German, to boot?

ECONOMIST: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Europe��s provocative Green

Despite the death knell sounded throughout the media, most people and most banks did not encumber themselves with mountains of unsecured debt.

ECONOMIST: Thailand and the Rohingya

The net effect of these transactions was to encumber the property with liens and mortgages.

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In the end, we obtained both accords but it was despite, not because of, the concerted efforts of many in our own government who saw no need to encumber the SDI negotiation with this parallel effort.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Submitted Testimony Of Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Before A Hearing Of The US House Of Representatives Subcommittee On Commerce, Consumer Protection And Competitiveness On: The FS-X Agreement

With regard to the latter, the bill actually would encumber highly enriched uranium production as well as plutonium.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | ��The Limitation Of Nuclear Materials As A Means Of Controlling Armaments��