11.   For many voting members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the independent spirit is still afloat.

12.   Her independent spirit was far from the Victorian ideal of womanhood.

13.   His letters to editors persistently demonstrated his independent spirit.

14.   I have an independent spirit and I was lucky enough to be born in a time when more and more doors were opening for women.

15.   If Dexter King seems an independent spirit, his friends say, it is because he feels unfettered by the history and emotional bonds of the civil rights movement.

16.   In general, the evening was designed to celebrate the independent spirit of the Web and its designers.

17.   Located in a city known internationally for its beauty and independent spirit, the race is just plain fun.

18.   Montesinos has exhibited an independent spirit from the very beginning of his career as a captain in a leftist anti-American government.

19.   Miramax remains an independent spirit in the greater scheme of corporate Hollywood, despite its Disney step-parentage.

20.   Their styles are diverse, but their work remains rooted in their region, especially in the mythologies, independent spirit and strong Indian culture of the rural villages.