31.  Charles Cook, an independent political analyst who is a close observer of Congress, said he could not predict what effect the drop in the market would have.

32.  Charles Cook Jr., an independent political analyst, said he expects that Democrats will rise up and accuse Republicans of needlessly prolonging the inquiry.

33.  Davood Hermidas Bavand, an independent political analyst and a professor at Tehran University, said the implied U.S. threat had changed the political situation here.

34.  Democrats charge that the small increases in school aid these last two years will drive up local property taxes, and many independent analysts agree.

35.  Despite the evidence against Ieng Sary and other leaders, independent analysts say there are serious obstacles to any eventual trial of Khmer Rouge leaders.

36.  Few Arab officials or independent analysts said they thought that the current violence would lead to another Arab-Israeli war.

37.  Few independent analysts, however, believe it would be possible to weed out speculative investment from legitimate investment without scaring off desperately needed foreign funds altogether.

38.  Guy Adams, an independent financial analyst and small investor, wrested a board seat at the company from its chairman and founder, Jamie Coulter.

39.  IBM now estimates an installed base of nine million, a number that several independent analysts say is inflated.

40.  Independent analysts from South Africa and the European Union were unsurprised.