31.   Officials have not determined who would appoint the members of the commission if the referendum to make it independent is approved.

32.   Serbs say their forces in western Kosovo are fighting guerrillas who want to make Kosovo independent from Serbia, the dominant republic in Yugoslavia.

33.   The courts should also be made independent from the government immediately, he said.

34.   The drug business has helped make them independent, but they retain a loose affiliation with politicians that, Lemahieu suggested, might hamper interdiction.

35.   The gangs, made financially independent by the drug trade, now have evolved into a virtually uncontrollable force.

36.   The war games starting Monday are part of a Chinese strategy to throttle what it sees as a Taiwanese drive to make itself independent.

37.   The Western nations fear making Kosovo independent could spark conflict in Macedonia and other neighboring areas that have large populations of ethnic Albanians.

38.   Thousands of rebels still roam the mountains of Kashmir, where a dozen guerrilla groups are fighting Indian soldiers and police to make Kashmir independent or join with Pakistan.

39.   Watts suggests that seniors be made independent in their homes if they are to avoid falls and fires.

40.   All the files will be brought to a central Historical Archives Office, which the government wants to make independent.