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a bold initiative
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Investors have become used to the company’s bold initiatives.
a diplomatic initiative (= plan or process )
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Havana launched a diplomatic initiative to establish its own ties with Latin American governments.
a policy initiative (= something done to achieve a policy's goals )
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The policy initiatives have focused on the inner cities.
Initiatives of Change
regain the initiative (= get back into a position in which you are controlling a situation )
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In the months that followed, the government gradually regained the initiative.
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■ ADJECTIVE
individual
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The research will involve a national survey of community credit unions and detailed case studies of individual initiatives .
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Even in situations of hardship, government action is undesirable because it can undermine individual initiative and independence.
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Any individual initiative against them is doomed from the start.
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His firm had long claimed to hold the qualities of individual initiative and independent thinking in highest esteem.
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Palatine have traditionally left this side of the business to the licensee's individual initiative .
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Serfdom stifled both collective and individual initiative among the peasantry.
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Nor was there much room for individual initiative .
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Equally, the extension of the traditional practice of periodic redistribution of the land between households continued to militate against individual initiative .
joint
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Further bilateral and multilateral agreements were also envisaged to ensure that each country's armed forces participated in joint anti-drug initiatives .
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It began as a joint initiative between purchaser and provider with 15 users of mental health services and their carers.
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Members of the council agreed to set up a joint initiative involving all public agencies.
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There must be other joint initiatives with publishers as well as with the media and the telecommunications industries which also might prove mutually beneficial.
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Defence-a joint initiative with Britain-is a high priority, as is food safety.
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That event, presented by Doyle, led to several joint production initiatives .
local
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There were local initiatives coming through on planning for Friern.
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From the federal perspective, generally acceptable activities were being planned and carried out, largely on local initiative .
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Other lines showed more solidarity and local initiative .
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Bennett and others promote cultural renewal through public sermonizing and support for local initiatives like church programs to teach parental responsibility.
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The evidence for market-control shows how such a system responded to and impinged on new forms of local power and local initiative .
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To be successful, federal policies had to be matched by local government initiatives .
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This report will recommend on any new local initiatives which could add to existing efforts in reducing drink related road accidents.
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This reliance on local initiative and talent has also accelerated the involvement of small entrepreneurs.
major
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This looks after the day-to-day running of the Campaign, leaving the executive to consider major policy initiatives .
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If the council wanted a major new initiative , it would appropriate additional money.
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Even if used sensibly, capital-budgeting procedures will tend to discourage major initiatives and indicate strategies aimed at short-term returns.
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Our major initiatives were still ahead of us, up there in our future, our soon-to-be past.
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The new products are part of a major SunConnect initiative to address the growing demand for tightly interconnected LANs and WANs.
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There are four major initiatives a Government can undertake.
new
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But the process has also been a more subtle one, as new initiatives have apparently been tacked on to existing local government.
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Our voluntary, nonprofit organizations are alive with new initiatives .
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Propose new disarmament initiatives covering all categories of conventional and nuclear weapons.
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Has he any new initiatives in the pipeline for energy efficiency in the business sector?
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Despite new initiatives like Operation Gemini ... thefts from cars are still rising.
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Johnson Brothers will be repositioned in 1993 as one of several important new marketing initiatives .
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That perception only added to the urgency with which he threw himself into new international initiatives .
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This is an example of government efforts to foster new initiatives by creating an agency outside of direct central political control.
other
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Other initiatives A number of other centrally instigated initiatives are under way or under consideration.
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Our city challenge and other inner-city initiatives were enthusiastically received by local authorities and the private sector - particularly in the north-east.
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Our other private sector initiative involves flats over shops.
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Mr Sherwood said other co-operative initiatives were in the pipeline.
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How does Compact fit in with other Government initiatives to benefit the inner cities?
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Defence spending is also a target, to release funding for other proposed initiatives .
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Oliver Lange looks at residencies, sponsorship and other initiatives and shows how useful these can be for artists.
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This may well be used in other initiatives .
political
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There is speculation about new political initiatives , each one a triumph of hope over 20 years' experience.
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At a personal level, their relationship reflected their implicit agreement that the political initiative should rest with Paris rather than Bonn.
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I have already mentioned the failure of the paramilitaries to create and sustain a political initiative .
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And it has moved to the political theater with initiative campaigns such as those in behalf of Propositions 187 and 209.
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I doubt whether lasting improvement is likely from political or bureaucratic initiative .
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Without a political initiative , however, it was hard to see how economic progress could be made.
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This unanimity encouraged local leaders to abstain from political initiatives and to concentrate on local and day-to-day issues.
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To provide jobs she started a small jam factory and she sponsored left-wing republican political initiatives .
private
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He has taken the Conservatives' private finance initiative and given it a more publicly accountable edge.
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John Wesley Powell, a midwesterner, knew that all the private initiative in the world would never make it bloom.
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There was no shift away from these private voluntary initiatives .
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The development was originally envisaged as a private enterprise initiative .
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We have two private sector initiatives .
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The private finance initiative has not papered over the cracks, although it has lined plenty of pockets.
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Our other private sector initiative involves flats over shops.
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Bickerman argued that in antiquity big enterprises of translation were due to public, not private , initiative .
recent
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Infolink's ability to respond quickly to the needs of a particular industry sector is demonstrated by a number of recent initiatives .
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We conclude with a brief discussion of the interaction of some recent participatory initiatives with the local representative system of democracy.
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Despite recent government initiatives most preregistration house officers still work over 72 hours a week.
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In the child care field, however, there have been recent initiatives which have improved the situation.
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ballot
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Numerous studies of the results of ballot initiatives demonstrate the obvious: Money is a big factor in their outcome.
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This year, citizens in 20 states will vote on 89 ballot initiatives on issues from property taxes to gambling to education.
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Another major challenge could come next year should voters approve a statewide ballot initiative aimed at abolishing mobile-home rent control.
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The ballot initiative qualified after the City Council approved the project last summer.
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Over the years, the ballot initiative has brought California some of its most dramatic change.
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This California legislative history explains why patients resorted to a statewide ballot initiative .
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On Wednesday, both sides of the hotly contested ballot initiative moved their battle into the courts.
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In the 1994 statewide elections, voters decided nearly 150 ballot initiatives .
peace
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With Vance, he was to co-chair the UN-EC peace initiative .
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Britain and Ireland announce a new peace initiative that would separate political talks from the disarmament issue.
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Resolution 242 became the corner-stone of almost every peace initiative that followed.
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Local peace initiative activities were themselves the targets of violence attacks.
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As the months went by and peace initiatives came and went, the situation on the border became increasingly tense.
policy
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This looks after the day-to-day running of the Campaign, leaving the executive to consider major policy initiatives .
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Second, most legislatures react to policy initiatives from the executive more than they create policy.
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Various policy initiatives have addressed the question of how to reverse the decay, deprivation and industrial degeneration of a century.
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But he offered no bold policy initiative .
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Another task is to initiate research of particular relevance to policy issues and to examine existing and proposal policy initiatives on employment.
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A communications and technology policy initiative to engage the civil rights community in debates over emerging communications and technology policy.
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These outcomes were the result of new policy initiatives and practice methods in child care.
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White House officials denied the president was worried that his foreign policy initiatives might turn sour before Nov. 5.
■ VERB
act
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The confused evidence suggests they are acting on their own initiative , not on directives from East Berlin to play for time.
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If the Legislature failed to act , the initiative process would proceed.
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The ancestors rarely act on their own initiative: generally these avenging angels of justice are invoked by the local elder.
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The government denied involvement in Toro's activities but few observers believed that he had been acting on his own initiative .
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The devil has something to be said for him: he acts on his own initiative and isn't just following orders.
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They would have to act on their own initiative and consult with those ministers who were in London itself.
announce
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Mr Lamont announced five specific initiatives designed to help those out of work re-enter the jobs market, particularly the long-term unemployed.
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Clinton also announced several modest crime-fighting initiatives .
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After laying the groundwork, he announced this initiative in a broadcast address from the Elysée Palace on 16 September 1959.
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Every time he announced a bold initiative , a hundred obstacles were thrown in his way.
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Clinton announced the deadbeat parents initiative here to highlight the differing approaches of his administration and Congress.
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Britain and Ireland announce a new peace initiative that would separate political talks from the disarmament issue.
develop
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We now propose to develop this initiative further.
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To survive, they must develop initiative and realize that their only recourse lies in intelligent planning and acting.
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Within its terms local actors are able to develop independent initiatives , such as, for example, those involving health care for women.
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Already, a number of local chambers have developed business-led initiatives similar to those in Tulsa and Austin.
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Each member of the team will learn to contribute, develop initiative and gain a sense of responsibility.
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Changes in teaching and research methods have resulted in the Arts developing new initiatives in the area of information technology.
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It has coordinated selected work already under way and proceeds to develop new research initiatives and channel resources to them.
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He developed no spectacular initiatives of his own.
encourage
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Many bands now take responsibility for advertising their gigs, and these posters encourage these self-help initiatives .
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Parents' attitude plays a large role in encouraging initiative .
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He encourages initiative , new ideas.
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I let him lead, to encourage his initiative and sense of discovery.
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In such a framework, individuals were often encouraged to take substantial initiatives and carry subordinates with them.
help
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Mr Lamont announced five specific initiatives designed to help those out of work re-enter the jobs market, particularly the long-term unemployed.
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Despite that, he believes the initiative will succeed in helping working poor families.
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Do the Government intend to introduce initiatives to help that area which is, of course, part of the northern region?
launch
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Working partnerships forged at home have provided a good springboard for launching several initiatives with partners abroad.
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So in 1990, School &038; Main launched an ambitious initiative to improve college retention rates for young people called Higher Ground.
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Instead, as part of our Millennium programme, we will launch a London 2000 initiative .
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We will launch a London 2000 initiative .
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Read in studio Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime.
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The programme comes on the day police launched a new initiative to prevent such large gatherings taking place.
seize
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Then he seized the initiative in a dramatic fashion, just as he had in April 1182.
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This enabled Philip to seize the initiative again.
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Everyone in the organization can therefore seek out and seize initiatives to improve their contribution to profit.
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The trap of performing types is to display their efficiency by constantly seizing the initiative .
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Instead of standing there helplessly until the end of the performance, seize the initiative and act quickly.
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Obliged to seize the initiative , he announced in 1920 his first campaign of mass non-co-operation.
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Fortunately the Governor seized the initiative and the same day called on Nu to take over as prime Minister.
support
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I am keen to support any initiatives aimed at discussing ways of encouraging the economic regeneration of the area.
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The Republican Party has donated $ 350, 000 in cash and support for the initiative .
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The School Board is writing to support this initiative , and it would be most helpful if you could do likewise.
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Pete Wilson supports the initiative , while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Brown has staked her election hopes on vehement opposition.
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I hope you will join me in supporting this initiative .
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The state and national farm bureaus supported his initiative , and at a meeting with Sen.
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The Council therefore agreed to support an initiative in this area and the research commenced early in 1981.
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While Teng said she preferred taking her more gradual approach to extending voting rights, she said she supported the initiative .
take
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It is rare for any big business to take initiatives like that on its own.
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Even in these liberated times, men are still more likely to make the dates and take the initiative .
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They take the initiative , come up with technological and organizational innovations, devise new solutions to old problems.
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And both boys and girls with involved fathers demonstrate a greater ability to take initiative and direct themselves.
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Capable of taking and using initiative .
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Un thinking, I took an initiative .
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Nearly all transfers have taken place on the initiative either of prospective landlords or of mainly Conservative local authorities.
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They had taken the initiative , with their offense moving almost at will and defense providing its finest performance of the season.
welcome
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We should welcome the initiative of the Advisory Board for the Research Council in looking at quantitative measures of research output.
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Most rank-and-file members are more than ready to welcome clearly articulated initiatives that promise to advance their long-term interests.
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They welcomed last month's initiative by Mr Bush and called for a summit with him within 90 days.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
seize a chance/an opportunity/the initiative