Independent establishments are created by Congress to address concerns that go beyond the scope of ordinary legislation. These agencies are responsible for keeping the government and economy running smoothly. See list at: http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Independent.shtml

Nage is a culinary buzzword usually indicating a bouillon with (among other things) white wine, shallots and herbs. http://www.foodwords.com/glossary_display_term.php?id=120
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Hobson's choice is an only apparently free choice that is no choice at all. The first written reference to the source of the phrase is in Joseph Addison's paper, The Spectator (14 October 1712). It also appears in Thomas Ward's poem England's Reformation written in 1688, but not published until after his death. Ward writes, Where to elect there is but one, 'tis Hobson's choice -- take that or none. The phrase originates from Thomas Hobson (1544-1630), who lived in Cambridge, England. Hobson was a stable manager who rented out horses to undergraduate students. After students began requesting for particular horses again and again, Hobson realized certain horses were being overworked. He decided to go in for a rotation system placing the well-rested horses near the stable door, and refused to let out any horse except in its proper turn. He insisted that customers take the horse in the stall closest to the door or take none at all. Henry Ford sold the Ford Model T with the famous Hobson's choice of "Any color so long as it's black"[1].
Hobson's choice is different from Catch-22 where both (or all) choices available contradict each other. http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Hobson's_choice/

Mox nix is not like Hobson's choice. It comes from "macht nichts" in German. It may mean "whatever" or "it doesn't matter".

Six of one, half-dozen of the other says that two things which people refer to differently are actually the same thing. http://www.goenglish.com/SixOfOneAHalfDozenOfTheOther.asp

Q. Why, in the UK, is the main street called High Street?
A. We have for so long in Britain called the main shopping street of a town by this name that it is now a generic term to describe shops that cater to the needs of the ordinary public. We have to go back a very long way to search out its origin. In Old English, the word high meant something excellent of its type or of elevated rank or degree (we still have terms like high society, high priest and high sheriff that are based on it). Very early on, high began to be applied to main roads. The first example is highway, recorded from the early ninth century. This referred to a main road between two towns or cities, one that was under the special protection of the monarch as an essential communications link (hence the later phrase the king’s highway to refer to such important roads). Around the year 1000 high street started to be used in the sense of a substantial thoroughfare, whether in country or town (street has rather gone down in the world — it used to refer to a road of some consequence, usually one so important that it was paved, a rarity at the time). As medieval towns often grew up (or were deliberately created) alongside such main routes in order to provide lodgings and otherwise tap the possibilities for trade presented by passers-by, the name High Street in time became the name of urban roads containing shops, and hence the main retail centre of a town.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hig2.htm
In the U.S., we have adopted High Street for a main street, too; for instance in Columbus, Ohio and West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Q: Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. What's the deal with Punxsutawney Phil?
A: No one takes Groundhog Day seriously, especially in Punxsutawney, Pa.
The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, congenial businessmen who dress in top hats and tuxedos for the day, generally decides that Phil will see his shadow and there will be six more weeks of winter. That's because there will be six more weeks of winter. And Phil bows to the inevitable nearly six times to one. But Phil can never really see his shadow. He is "awakened" at dawn which, even on the best of days on Gobblers Knob outside town, is just another miserably cold, gray morning in the Appalachian woods. Groundhogs should be hibernating, so watch for the Phil-du-jour to show his crankiness to the cold, camera flashes and television lights. Tomorrow is "Punxsy's" 124th observance, not a bad streak of good publicity for 6,000 people about 63 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Don't forget the 1993 movie with Bill Murray. Groundhog Day harkens back to Candlemas Day, when the church blessed and distributed candles, and when Europeans sought signs winter was breaking. "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there'll be twa (two) winters in the year," goes a Scottish couplet. For more, go to www.groundhog.org. -- Peter Mattiace.
Also, see information on most common street names in the country and Super Bowl rings at:
http://www.thecourier.com/Opinion/columns/2010/Feb/JU/ar_JU_020110.asp?d=020110,2010,Feb,01&c=c_13