1.   Every time he announced a bold initiative, a hundred obstacles were thrown in his way.

2.   And yet he proposed few bold new initiatives, repeating his calls of a year ago for more urgent assaults on crime and a restoration of family values.

3.   A big bold domestic initiative is his only hope.

4.   A bold initiative to lower food prices by flooding markets with supplies remains on the planning board.

5.   A Likud-Labor government would not automatically usher in peace, or even bold initiatives.

6.   Both men are considered somewhat outmoded in their fields, and neither is considered likely to forge bold initiatives without explicit direction from above.

7.   But whereas the American government has doubts about bold initiatives, Congress chafes at inaction.

8.   Few of the items involved any bold initiatives.

9.   In their eagerness to embrace the status quo, neither Bush nor Vice President Al Gore endorsed a single bold initiative.

10.   Instead of plunging ahead with bold legislative initiatives, he tinkers with bills a bit at a time.