The North America division operates through 25 independent local carriers.

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We had been an independent company and were bought and turned into a division.

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Independent institutions are trying to tackle cronyism and enforce a division between money and politics.

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Mr Radmanovic belongs to the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, which has called for the continued division of Bosnia, and even a referendum on outright independence.

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"We've seen some of the more aggressive independents looking to expand their businesses, " says Marty Graham, president of the pay-per-transaction division at Rentrak, which brokers revenue-sharing deals for independent video stores.

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The following season, the College Football Playoff will launch the first-ever four-team playoff for the sport's top division, which is made up of 10 conferences and four independent teams, the most prominent of them Notre Dame.

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Well enough indeed for Joel Klein, head of the antitrust division and the man responsible for bringing Microsoft to court, to have assembled a group of independent antitrust experts to start considering possible remedies.

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