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But Nixon spends most of the half-hour talking about “Project Independence,” a pie-in-the-sky proposal for U.S. energy self-sufficiency by 1980.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

And the intensifying competition with the U.S. has hardened his resolve to set China on a course of self-sufficiency from energy to semiconductors and to limit foreign influence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Les and Lindy fall in and out of understanding as they drift into a state of war; she gains power, self-knowledge and self-sufficiency, even as he falls apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Microsoft is pursuing self-sufficiency in AI by developing its own “frontier” models to compete with rivals, following a loosened agreement with OpenAI in 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

“They said they have nothing and that our emphasis now is self-sufficiency and farming.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie