Sentence examples for vigorous independent from inspiring English sources

It has a vigorous independent press that is often harshly critical of the president.

Alternately, a vigorous independent Israeli investigation could have made Judge Goldstone redundant, or at least marginal".

She possessed a sharp intellect, a Jewish wit, and vigorous independent spirit.

Substance seems to be dissolving in the vigorous, independent brushwork, and this tends to enhance the symbolism.

FOR more than a decade, Calpers has put its muscle behind the idea that a well-governed corporation -- one with a vigorous, independent board -- will reward investors more richly than one with an insider board wielding a rubber stamp.

They're usually solid and weighty but frequently couched in language that emphasises the positive and needs decoding – doing little for the trust's image as a vigorous, independent, robust defender of the public interest.

Caught briefly on the line, Cassian Elwes, who for years headed a vigorous independent-film operation at Morris, only to find himself out, said of his current status, "I'm on vacation".

The economy is expected to grow by around 6% this year.Still, it is not in the character of Mr Rajapaksa's authoritarian regime, which has terrorised the country's once-vigorous independent media, to brook dissent.

Western governments and international aid donors can assist in this process by making most foreign aid contingent on key principles of good governance: a free press, an independent judiciary, and vigorous, independently led institutions to control corruption.

In other words, we're leading a vigorous and independent existence.

He has been thinking about this because his aunt, a vigorous and independent old woman, went into a sudden and dramatic decline recently, becoming feeble and mentally confused.