31.   But why stop short of creating a strong independent commission to investigate police corruption?

32.   But within hours, Senate Democrats debated the shape of an independent commission at their weekly party caucus.

33.   But within hours, Senate Democrats huddled behind closed doors in their weekly party caucus and debated the shape of an independent commission and how to move ahead.

34.   By Thursday, it is supposed to name a representative to an independent commission on disarmament.

35.   Clark Pickett, chairman of the Pike-Pine neighborhood planning committee, also urged an independent commission.

36.   Congress designed the base-closing process, with the independent commission, to give lawmakers political cover.

37.   Diplomats said the gesture will be verified by a member of the independent commission that is overseeing the disarming of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.

38.   Gen. Hans-Peter von Kirchbach favored fewer cuts in troops and the scale of the draft than those proposed by an independent commission.

39.   Greenpeace Japan and nuclear specialists have called for an independent commission to look into the accident and report directly to Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

40.   Greenspan also called on Congress create an independent commission to recommend how to complete an overhaul of the CPI.