That tension has been simmering since April 1998, when the bank was made independent.

That company was later acquired by Mattel around 1990, then made independent.

Division officials have said the reassignment was made independent of the criminal investigation.

Defense Ministry officials, however, said the decision to announce the reductions today was made independent of the meeting.

The parish in Amsterdam was made independent of the church, and kept their own building.

Chechnya was not made independent by the murder of children in Moscow.

"But the instrument through which it is to be achieved has been made far less independent."

In 1997, this part of Bitplane's activity was made independent.

In time, he said, the commission could be made wholly independent.

The conservatory was made independent of the Academy in 1971.