But Fraser nurtured a more independent approach, akin to that of a university faculty.
The congressman stresses to me again and again his "independent approach, " eagerly distancing himself from Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Vacation portrait photographers are independent entrepreneurs who approach tourists at public attractions and offer to snap group portraits.
"I think smartphones will need to have an approach that is independent of radio infrastructure and WiFi and things like that, " Bruce Krulwich, Chief Analyst at Grizzly Analytics, told the BBC.
As part of the settlement, Discover agreed to change its telemarketing approach and employ an independent auditor.
Mr Swinney also argued that an independent Scotland would have a better approach to managing its economy.
Only with this tough-love approach, and a genuinely independent grading and proctoring regimen for all standardized tests, will the scores on New York City Regents Exams actually mirror what New York City students empirically know.
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In a burst of triumphalism, they seem to be echoing former House Majority Leader Dick Armey's advice to Republicans in the past -- "bipartisanship is another name for date rape" -- despite the fact that it is exactly this hyper-partisan, play-to-the-base approach to politics that caused independent voters to abandon President Bush.
The better approach would be to take the independent counsel at his charge.
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Loren Thompson, who masquerades as an independent, disinterested party, apparently believes in this approach.
The Scottish government believes an independent Scotland could have a simpler, more straightforward approach to regulating public bodies and industries.
Both of these would-be presidents and leaders of their respective parties understand a central reality: It is not just a sensible policy approach to begin making our automotive fleet independent from gasoline.
The Liberal Democrats must be a permanent, independent force in British politics - not afraid to work with others in the best interests of Britain, but confident to do so because we are confident about our unique identity and approach, and want to make that independent vision count.
This is an approach that Sir Christopher Kelly, in his independent report on parliamentary expenses due this year, could usefully endorse.
His thesis was based on algorithms that describe how a large number of independent devices could beam data to one another, an approach called mesh networking.
Mr Kenny said he took a different approach as did the Finucane family and a full independent inquiry should be established.
The IV approach these critics seek, by treating these factors as independent when they are in fact intertwined, introduces bias into the UVa findings, rather than removing it.
This is very much what the independent counsel has done, and now what majority counsel has adopted as his approach.
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Ms Sturgeon also criticised UK government welfare changes and its "under-occupancy charge", dubbed by critics as the "bedroom tax" - arguing that such an approach would not be taken if she had a say in an independent Scotland.
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If that disparity between an independent assessment and that of the council involved doesn't demonstrate a 'partisan' approach to enforcement, I don't know what does.
At the other extreme, scavenging spare computer power from personal computers on the internet is proving an increasingly effective approach for problems that can be split into a large number of small, independent parts.
The development of this approach to combining regulatory functions has been tested through discussions with the UK regulators, independent regulatory experts, consumer groups and business organisations across Scotland.
Mr Vaz added the force needed to approach the issue with the same rigour it was bringing to its dealings with the Hillsborough investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
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