1.   Company officials said the allegations already have been examined by independent groups and found to be without merit.

2.   Two independent Sri Lankan monitoring groups were far more critical.

3.   The outgoing military-appointed government of Anand Panyarachun had established an independent group, Poll Watch, to monitor the conduct of the elections.

4.   Poll Watch, an independent monitoring group established prior to the March election, reported that the election campaign had been marred by widespread corruption and violence.

5.   Two independent groups of researchers have reported the presence of a rectal motor complex, but no patterns of cyclic motility have been reported from the anal canal.

6.   Data of independent groups were compared using analysis of variance to one channel and Scheff multiple range tests.

7.   Several other independent groups have sought and obtained compensation payments, but this was the largest so far.

8.   They became independents, and the independent group had an overall majority... but not any more...

9.   An independent group of academics agreed today that statistics used by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine academic eligibility for prospective student-athletes are flawed.