1.   Apparently unwilling to contemplate becoming the only independent in the Senate, he has been making overtures to party leaders.

2.   Bhutan, wedged between China and India, is the only independent Himalayan Buddhist kingdom to survive political changes in the region in the last half century.

3.   Actually, though, Golisano is the only independent candidate among the four politicians Perot has endorsed this year.

4.   After the offering, planned for December, LECG will be the only independent, publicly held economics consulting firm.

5.   GC Cos., which operates the General Cinema movie theaters, teamed with actor and movie producer Robert Redford to create a chain that will show only independent films.

6.   He is not only independent, he has no politics and he is going to run a government of technocrats.

7.   He is the only independent source on such numbers and has drawn fire from some venture capitalists for breaking the code of silence.

8.   However, he repeated a past comment from Texaco Chairman Peter Bijur that boycotts hurt only independent station owners.

9.   Of course Miramax is not the only independent studio owned by a well-financed corporate entity.

10.   Only independent, non-studio financed pictures will be eligible for the program.