And the irony was this: as a slave planet Terra would be able to contribute more to the war effort than she did now as a quasi-independent entity.

The hospitals corporation is a quasi-independent entity, not under direct mayoral control, but the Mayor appoints the board members and his choices for president of the corporation generally prevail.

Revillon continued to operate into the 1930s as a quasi-independent entity.

And then, further north, if you could look at [Gulbuddin] Hekmatyar and the role that he plays-again, a quasi-independent entity that's part of this network stretched up along the border.

She also helped establish the 1300 Years of Bulgaria Foundation, a quasi-independent entity to endow the arts.

These were Tripoli and Algiers, which were quasi-independent entities nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire, and the independent Sultanate of Morocco.

(11) The monarchy was reluctant to intervene in the affairs of these quasi-independent entities.

For Genentech, more equity provides investors additional liquidity, while strengthening the company's standing as a quasi-independent entity.

Most significant, Mrs. Whitman said she would assign an assistant Attorney General to monitor complaints by troopers and help reshape a state police force that has historically operated as a quasi-independent entity.

Russia continues to 'sustain the Dniestr region as a quasi-independent entity through direct and indirect means'