I am sorry I could not maintain the Japanese position of complete self-sufficiency.

No man is an island; no smallholder can possibly find the time or produce all the skills needed for complete self-sufficiency.

As a result, Brazil, which years ago had to import a large share of the petroleum needed for domestic consumption, recently reached complete self-sufficiency in oil.

The report noted that the increasing interdependence in the world economy made complete self-sufficiency "almost impossible and undesirable."

None of the California missions ever attained complete self-sufficiency, and required continued (albeit modest) financial support from mother Spain.

The von Thuenen model leads to the idea of complete self-sufficiency among farmers.

The main idea behind this was to achieve complete self-sufficiency and a rational system of energy development.

The cities are planned to be ecologically friendly, with zero-greenhouse-emission transit and complete self-sufficiency in water and energy, together with the use of zero energy building principles.

With the years there comes a more complete self-sufficiency, a greater desire for solitude.

Thus, the major goal of agricultural policy in pioneer Utah was complete self-sufficiency and independence.