"And what's a little surprising about that is that you don't come to Congress to make friends because if you do, you're not coming to be independent and have your own mind and so what a great surprise it has been to make such great friends."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

Well they definitely have to be independent of the government and that was the idea in the U.S.

好吧，他们当然需要,独立自主地面对政府,这就是美国的观点。

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There'll never be a war over it, but theywould in some ways like to be independent.

这不可能引发一场战争，但是他们可能会在某些方面变得独立。

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A charter school might be independent or connected to the local public school system.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

So, this observation is equivalent to saying that there must be something that is path independent.

这个表述相当于说,一定存在某个物理量是与路径无关的。

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He was completely independent. Just as he said he always wanted to be.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

To do well in investing you have to have your own independent view of things and really be thinking about how things work and he is someone who does that.

如果你想要在投资领域中表现出色,你就必须有独立的观点,了解事物的运行规律,而他正是这样一个人

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The prime minister said the inquiry would be fully independent with access to all relevant British documents and witnesses.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

My future plan, my record company is going to be one of the biggest independent record companies

未来的计划是让我的公司变成最大的独立唱片公司之一，

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Full preliminary election tabulations are expected to be released Saturday by the country's government-appointed Independent Election Commission.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

So, we're going to have n independent assets; they could be stocks.

假设我们有n个相互独立的资产;,假设是股票。

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"If President Obama is making this declaration, we hope that he will be able to exert pressure on Israel to recognize Palestine as an independent state,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

But an independent Afghan military must be capable of adapting to an elusive enemy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

So it really runs to the core question of how independent it can be unless you have independent experts that can speak without fear and favor,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Activists from several civic groups held a roundtable at Moscow's Independent Press Center to discuss the extent of Russian corruption and what could be done about it.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

Under an agreement signed by the two sides,a three person independent arbitration panel will be set up to decide whether the Geneva police handled the arrest appropriately.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

But it said that given the Sri Lankan government's complete failure thus far to investigate possible war crimes, the only hope for justice would be an independent, international investigation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, acknowledged Specter's independent streak, and said there would continue to be a need for cooperation from Republicans in accomplishing the nation's business.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

A 22-member electoral reform panel appointed by President Yar'Adua had recommended that the head of the electoral body should be appointed by the National Judicial Commission "to truly make it an independent body."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

With just two months before the presidential poll, the Ivorian government has announced that the provisional voter list is ready and will be submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission, government leaders and political parties on Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

With just days to go before all preliminary vote totals are to be released, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office is applauding the Independent Election Commission "for its efforts in pursuing the process in an impartial and faithful national spirit."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09