But already Isadora was demonstrating the vigorous independence that was to carry her to world fame.
Founded more than 2,500 years ago, the port city of Marseille (English conventional spelling Marseilles) has a history of vigorous independence asserted against central authority in a variety of forms.
Also expected to protest are representatives of Falun Gong, the spiritual sect banned by China in 1999 as a cult and severely repressed ever since, as well as ethnic Uighurs from China's far-western territory of Xinjiang, which has a vigorous independence movement.
In many quarters, it has rightly earned a reputation for accurate and vigorous reporting, independence and holding power to account.
In Taiwan, a vigorous pro-independence movement evolved after almost half a century of colonial rule by Japan and partly in reaction to subsequent authoritarian rule by refugees from the mainland.
In our cell line model, expression of BCAR4 gives rise to an aggressive phenotype, that is, vigorous oestrogen-independent growth and anchorage independence (Meijer et al, 2006).
The young king of Judah, Josiah (reigned c. 640 609 bce), had already set in motion a vigorous movement of independence and restoration, a cardinal aspect of which was religious.
We all remembered Thatcher's fascination with the "vigorous values" (energy, adventurousness, independence) over the "softer virtues" (humility, gentleness, sympathy).
Samsung tried to maintain institutional autonomy, lively faculty independence, and vigorous academic freedom.
Historical treatment of David developed in the writings of later Scottish historians, and the writings of men like John Mair, George Buchanan, Hector Boece, and Bishop John Leslie ensured that by the 18th century a picture of David as a pious, justice-loving state-builder and vigorous maintainer of Scottish independence had emerged.
No surprise there: for the terminus of the conversation - either a vigorous Catalonian federalism, or an independence within Europe (and globalisation), who knows - may be at least a decade away.
