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Its independent charter, a first for a Vietnamese university, allows it to hire professors and design its own courses.
ECONOMIST: Education in Vietnam
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When I became president, there was one independent, public charter school in all of America.
CNN: Prepared Text of Clinton's State of the Union speech
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During his second term, he vetoed the renewal of the charter for the independent Second Bank of the United States, a private institution that kept the federal government's deposits interest-free, and issued uniform paper currency.
ECONOMIST: American democracy
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We know that charter schools and private independent schools generally offer better service and will correct their own problems quickly and without politicized battles.
FORBES: School Choice And The Advancement Of Society
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He added the Royal Charter would be in place to ensure the system was independent and not to exercise control itself.
BBC: UK
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Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Instituteof Medicineprovides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public.
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Ms Harman also sought assurances that the Conservatives would amend the charter to remove the involvement of the press industry in appointing members of the independent board.
BBC: Labour: Conservative royal charter 'dilutes' Leveson
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The development stunned and embarrassed charter school supporters, who had long seen unions as antithetical to the very idea of these independent public schools, which rarely employ union teachers.
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