This government will respect the BBC's editorial and operational independence both as a matter of principle and as an obligation for the full duration of its royal charter to 31 December 2016.
It is no coincidence that Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and the Declaration of Independence both made their entrance onto the human stage in the same year, 1776.
Te Kara of 1834, Te Whakaminenga o Ngā Hapū o Nu Tīreni (The Confederation of Hapū of New Zealand), and He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tīreni 1835 (The Declaration of Independence) both support Māori as having sovereignty.
Like the record stores of yore, most of these shops treasure their independence, both in terms of tastes and in their distance from the large mass-market distributors.
With exactly a year to go until the Scottish referendum on independence, both sides of the campaign have been speaking about what it could mean for Wales.
If Scotland were to vote for independence, both Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds may be forced to move their registered offices or legal homes to London under European Union law, I have learned.
If Scotland were to vote for independence, both Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds could be forced to move their registered offices, or legal homes, to London under EU law, the BBC's Robert Peston has learned.
Although most of these deviations were only moderate, one item pair (item 12 and 18) showed lack of local independence both under the one factor model and GRM, which would qualify one of the items for possible removal.
Buddhism rivalled Islām in the Eastern Steppe, but the Uighurs, interestingly, asserted and maintained their spiritual independence of both of the great civilizations they touched by espousing the Manichaean faith.
