obligation

The remnants of Purdue will become Knoa Pharma, a company owned by a foundation, that will provide opioid use disorder treatments and overdose reversal medicines, "with no obligation to maximize profits," the company said.

S&P Global on Friday downgraded Senegal's long-term foreign currency rating, citing a precarious debt position that leaves the West African nation struggling to meet massive repayment obligations.

These obligations have swollen beyond petty annoyance into their own distinct sphere of activity, neither work nor not-work.

This compares with $102 million and $2.2 billion the company reported for the respective year-earlier periods, when its results took a hit from an increase in U.S. liability reserves to cover future obligations.

The visual poverty of the six-part series and its static sensibility adds to the air of an obligation being fulfilled.