1.   Although closely aligned over the years with Democratic causes and candidates, the high-profile former stockbroker said he is politically independent.

2.   And so that spring he raised the idea of starting a politically independent sports daily and invited Titorenko to join him.

3.   Because the bank has existed for just three years, officials have been preoccupied with establishing its credibility as a tough-minded and politically independent institution.

4.   Beijing views Taiwan as a renegade province, while Taipei sees itself as a politically independent part of a temporarily divided China.

5.   But the framers were also seeking to make the president as politically independent of Congress as possible.

6.   China considers Taiwan a province, while Taiwan sees itself as a politically independent part of a temporarily divided China.

7.   Democratic Taiwan sees itself as a politically independent part of a China that is temporarily divided.

8.   Families are more diverse, more politically independent, more complex.

9.   He has actively sought international recognition of his government as a politically independent part of a temporarily divided China.

10.   In her own case, Shaheen has also been strong among politically independent and moderate voters who are usually the margin of victory.