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There is little in US law that sets limits on conflict-of-interest - presidents are not bound by the same rules that regulate other government employees and cabinet officials.

He said the council was "bound by the law" and it was "not obliged to mediate" a claim that it believed was detrimental to the public interest.

“Holiday Touchdown” is a partnership between Hallmark and the Kansas City Chiefs, so the movie also mines the real-life phenomenon of multi-generational relationships bound by a shared love of the Chiefs.

Zhang performed infrared spectroscopy, revealing that nickel was typically isolated and bound by two silicon atoms in the zeolite framework.

That doesn’t mean it’s bound by actual historical facts, however.