"We believe this revised agreement addresses all of the concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice in its lawsuit, leaving no doubt about Constellation's Crown beer division's complete independence and ability to compete, " AB InBev said in a statement released Thursday.

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In one day she lost her independence, her ability to work and earn an income that could pay for all those medical bills.

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These people lose their independence--the ability to wash themselves, to eat, and even walk.

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These people lose their independence -- the ability to wash themselves, to eat, even walk.

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The site in theory provides Zynga some independence from Facebook and the ability to build its own user base directly without Facebook.

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And so we continue to rely on the independence of the NRC and its ability to make those judgment calls as to whether it is operating safely enough.

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Nothing expresses independence, freedom and equality more than the ability to buy what you want, where you want, when you want it.

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Yet the Sarbanes-Oxley act significantly restricted auditors' ability to cross-sell other services in order to bolster their independence.

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Mobility upwards through socioeconomic classes is not as simple was holding down a good job for a lifetime, it requires education, ingenuity, and the ability to break generational economic cycles that keep families from achieving financial independence over the long-term.

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The Public Oversight Board, which monitors the process, lacks independence from the accounting profession, which funds and staffs it, and has little ability to punish miscreant auditors.

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This ability of ethanol to stretch gasoline stocks was supposed to provide some measure of energy independence.

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