Well into the nineteen-fifties, psychologists were encouraging parents to give children less attention and affection, in order to encourage independence.

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It aims to help women set up and expand businesses, in order to gain financial independence.

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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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But, in order to deliver "independence lite", the SNP still has to secure full political independence from Westminster.

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It was Porsche chief Wendelin Wiedeking's idea to buy into VW, Mr Baumann says, in order to "secure the independence of our company".

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Last week the national bank was granted the statutory independence it needs in order to join the single currency.

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Unionists say the SNP has hidden the true state of Scotland's finances in order to pursue the cause of independence.

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Lord Wakeham argues that even a largely appointed upper house could acquire the authority and independence it needs in order to provide a stronger check on the Commons.

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MPs will be asked to approve an order under the Scotland Act, to allow the Scottish Parliament to hold a referendum on independence.

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French opposition parties are accusing police of burning the restaurant in order to blame it on Corsican nationalist groups, who are waging a violent campaign for independence.

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