Despite reassurances to the contrary from Fifa, they believe their national teams' independence would be threatened.
The examples listed included his artistic talents, ability to work in a team, growing independence and kindness.
Last night, Tim Armstrong and team celebrated independence from Time Warner on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with P. Diddy and this morning they'll make it official by ringing the bell in the same location.
The Scottish Football Association, like its counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland, has repeatedly expressed opposition to its players competing amid fears over the national team's independence.
It wasn't until 2004's The Day After Tomorrow, brought to you by the team behind Independence Day, that climate change actually became the subject of the film, as opposed to a mere backdrop.
The biggest holidays available to MLS teams are Independence Day and Easter.
Rae Street Littleborough, Lancashire Lord Robertson's comments in Washington do the anti-Scottish independence team a disservice.
With the new sale, Limbach and its executive management team will regain independence after 16 years of operation as a subsidiary, first of Vivendi and then of Enron.
Indeed I recall back in the early New Labour years, when he had the temerity to question whether the top rate of tax might be increased, he was monstered by Gordon Brown's Sopranos-style team for demonstrating independence of thought.
In the post-battle coda, we see Reed insisting to his paymasters that he and his team get full independence, and a promise of no outside interference, for their next project.
