Others say the activists are independent thinkers who will oppose any politician they see as supporting big government and big spending.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The survey in two thousand four also found that the United States had about two thousand independent bead supply stores.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Independent of those things, the findings still showed that optimists had less of a chance of dying during the eight-year period.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Then the young man decided to become an independent illustrator, someone who makes drawings and pictures for a living.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

In eighteen forty-six, he was able to establish the independent Treasury again, where the government could keep its own funds.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

He says this new independent office will have a lot of responsibility -- and that is a good thing.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Mary knew the importance of what had been established -- the first independent school for the higher education of women.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for independent spending by businesses and labor unions in political campaigns.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

After that, the International Olympic Committee led efforts to create an independent agency to set and enforce common anti-doping rules.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

A woman who worked at the public recording studio had another job with a local independent record company called Sun Records.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

Independent Russian military expert Alexander Golts says the situation suggests that security in the North Caucasus cannot be tightened further.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Companies,labor unions and other organizations may now spend as they wish on independent efforts to elect or defeat candidates.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

She said she was an early member of an independent art movement and was against juries, medals and awards.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

That bill would not create an independent consumer agency, but instead a new office at the Federal Reserve, the central bank.

VOA: special.2010.04.16