11.   To jump-start efforts to choose his team, Ashcroft in recent days initiated a series of meetings with a number of prospective candidates for senior posts.

12.   Among other things, he has initiated a series of management changes which include the setting up office think tanks.

13.   At the same time, Republicans have initiated a series of gestures in recent months that appeared part of an effort to counter the criticism.

14.   He initiates a series of mind games with the revolutionaries, as well as with the increasingly cynical Alice.

15.   Judah and his backers watched a videotape of the event with the commissioners before initiating the series of apologies.

16.   Weldon, who has initiated a series of bipartisan initiatives to bolster U.S.-Russian ties, suggested the two countries should cooperate in missile defense.

17.   The opposition alleges free polls are impossible under Zia and initiated a series of anti-government campaigns.

18.   Yunus Qanooni, the designated interior minister, visited last Thursday to initiate a series of political contacts between India and the multi-ethnic administration.

19.   It has also initiated a series of informal workshops to prevent the development of conflicts in the South China Sea, including in and around the disputed Spratly islands.