• Our position, independent of that -- well, related to but not solely dependent on that, is that now is not the time to further militarize the situation in Syria.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • As doctors slowly surrender their position as independent professionals and become public servants, with ever larger portions of their billings funneled through Uncle Sam, why should they expect to be given more choice in the way they are deployed than, say, members of the National Guard?

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  • Analysts said the LSE's plan to return cash to its shareholders suggested the company was keen to defend its position as an independent business.

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  • Although, the star of the Irish version of "Dragon's Den" has been open about his past membership of Fianna Fail he has tried to play it down during this campaign, emphasising his independent position.

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  • "This is an acquisition that fits perfectly with our strategy of enhancing Thomas Cook's position in the independent travel sector and will also further strengthen our mainstream business, " said Thomas Cook Group chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa.

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  • If he is rejected, the message to future public servants will be clear -- never rock the boat, always go along with the majority, never stake out an independent position, never take a principled stand and above all, never annoy a powerful enemy.

    CNN: Don't punish Obama for picking a maverick

  • Attorney General Janet Reno indicated today that her position on appointment of an independent counsel in the campaign fund-raising scandal remains unchanged.

    CNN: AllPolitics - Reno Doesn't Budge On Special Prosecutor

  • Requiring reporters to use Labor Department computers "moves an independent press into a position uncomfortably close to that of a government deputized captive distributor, " said Daniel Moss, a Bloomberg News executive editor, in testimony submitted for the June House hearing.

    WSJ: U.S. Probed Media Firms on Data Reporting

  • It was a neat idea that Holly was able to pull off because of its position as perhaps the most financially stable independent refiner in the nation.

    FORBES: Mergers And Acquisitions

  • Devendra Raj Pandey, an economist asked to chair an independent committee supervising disarmament, declined the position on the not unreasonable ground that it was not his area of expertise.

    ECONOMIST: But there are deep misgivings

  • "Subject to the scope of the report we welcome the Football League's initiative in commissioning an independent report into the legal and financial position of the club ahead of any decision being made on the possibility of a 10-point reduction, " he said.

    BBC: Southampton await League inquiry

  • Had it remained independent, Chrysler would be in a horrid position today.

    ECONOMIST: The DaimlerChrysler emulsion

  • "If James Murdoch did not have the backing of independent shareholders at BSkyB, I think his position would be very difficult, under the British governance system" said the source.

    BBC: News Corp's James Murdoch under pressure

  • Charles McCullough III, the independent intelligence community inspector general, which is a position that is Senate-confirmed and is authorized to reach into any U.S. intelligence agency to conduct reviews.

    NPR: Obama: Review Of Boston Attack Information Sharing

  • These owners declared Sidanco bankrupt and incorporated it into then-independent TNK. In 2003, BP later rethought its position and agreed to buy a stake in TNK, getting access to Sidanco as well.

    FORBES: Russia Raid Raises Energy Questions

  • The Treasury says that an independent Scotland using the pound would be in a weak position, dependent upon decisions taken by the Bank of England which, by then, would be an institution in a foreign country.

    BBC: Malachi Malagrowther and the Scottish banknote

  • But I think Moscow's position is also part of a larger foreign policy effort to take an increasingly independent and assertive line.

    NPR: Russia, Hamas and the United States

  • Ratifying the Convention in the Senate would reaffirm America's position as the global leader on disability rights and better position us to encourage progress toward inclusion, equal opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for persons with disabilities worldwide.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • To say that Scotland would face a more difficult fiscal position in the medium to long-term is not to say that an independent Scotland could not handle that, but to say that a serious debate is required about HOW it would handle it.

    BBC: Scottish independence: not whether, but how?

  • But if a majority of BSkyB's independent shareholders were to vote against him, that would put the independent non-executives on BSkyB's board in a tricky position: according to a source close to the board, they would almost certainly feel obliged to ask James Murdoch to stand down.

    BBC: News Corp's James Murdoch under pressure

  • During the debate, Home Secretary Theresa May re-affirmed the government's position that all documents - including cabinet papers - would be released, via the independent panel.

    BBC: Hillsborough disaster: MPs sign motion over Sun sources

  • Meanwhile, independent recruiters often dilute the marketplace by posting their own ads for the same position, says Elaine Rigoli, editor of the Fordyce Letter, a trade publication for recruiting professionals.

    WSJ: Fake Job Postings Dot Popular Job Boards

  • The simple truth of the matter is that the United States is today in a very strong position to work out far more attractive and constructive trade agreements with the emerging, reformist independent republics of the former Soviet Union.

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  • While its size and strategic position in the Mediterranean may have attracted hosts of conquerors, the nature of its interior and the independent spirit of its inhabitants ensured that Sardinia was never a placid, compliant colony.

    BBC: Sardinia, land and sea

  • Sources familiar with the position of the Secret Service in the dispute tell CNN that Director Lewis Merletti told Starr and other independent counsel staffers, in a February briefing, that should his agents be denied the privilege, "we will lose a president of the United States to assassination" and that trust and confidence between the protective service and its protectees will be lost.

    CNN: Quayle: Secret Service Should Testify

  • Prior to my present position, I was Director of the New Mexico State University Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, the independent and academic monitoring facility for the Department of Energy WIPP, a little-known deep geologic nuclear repository for bomb waste.

    FORBES: James Conca - The Geopolitics Of Energy - Archive

  • Prior to my present position, I was Director of the New Mexico State University Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, the independent and academic monitoring facility for the Department of Energy's WIPP site, a little-known deep geologic nuclear repository for bomb waste.

    FORBES: James Conca - The Geopolitics Of Energy - Archive

  • Richards resigned from his position at Quins on 8 August in the wake of the scandal and admitted his guilt during a 14-hour independent committee meeting in Glasgow on Monday.

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