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self-reliance

noun as in independence

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And cowboys, working the grueling cattle drives, came to embody values linked to the frontier: self-reliance, strength and independence.

From Salon

"We will be a voice for decent mainstream Scotland and the values of hard work, self-reliance, and value for taxpayers."

From BBC

The Times spoke with Lin about his efforts to keep Taiwanese talent ahead as the race for self-reliance in chips heats up, and how that competition is changing the industry.

On the stunning Kenyan coast, about halfway between 15th-century ruins and the vibrant city of Mombasa, a small factory is helping to achieve one of Africa’s biggest health care goals: self-reliance.

“I associated boyhood with cool-headed stoicism, rugged self-reliance, the freedom to live on my own terms,” Bossier writes in “Cactus Country,” their bracing memoir about the experience.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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