51.   While Andersen is a worldwide firm, its overseas offices are somewhat like independent entities that contract with each other.

52.   Will all three survive as independent entities?

53.   A year later, not only was an academy in place but it already had declared itself an independent entity.

54.   Bossi has adopted the phrase, a geographical term for the prosperous Po plain, to signify a politically independent entity within the European Union.

55.   Changes under consideration at HUD could turn the Cabinet department into several independent entities while eliminating some programs outright.

56.   China claims sovereignty over Taiwan while Taiwan urges the world to recognize it as an independent political entity.

57.   Clerides envisions two fairly independent entities joined under one federal administration.

58.   In the Bosnian Serb capital of Pale, Karadzic hailed the agreement, saying it guaranteed the existence of a virtually independent Bosnian Serb entity.

59.   Lee said Taiwan was an independent political entity with full sovereignty, and that any wavering on this point would destroy its political and economic achievements.

60.   The papers, quoting Arab Bank officials, said the new bank will be an independent entity based in the West Bank town of Ramallah.