11.   Aggressive criminal gangs in Africa and South America have been quick to seize the initiative, too.

12.   But after months of near silence on the scandals, the Vatican has suddenly seized the initiative on the issue with a forcefulness that has stunned church officials here.

13.   But experts ranked Glickman in the lower half of the Cabinet for his ability to seize the initiative and serve as a national spokesman for administration policies.

14.   But the generals, they said, had tried to seize the initiative in private leadership meetings held to assess the manoeuvres and the Taiwan presidential elections.

15.   By contrast, if Bush makes similar proposals in January, he can plausibly take credit for seizing the initiative..

16.   China in particular has seized the initiative of its joining the World Trade Organization by offering free trade with ASEAN in ten years.

17.   Clearly, some New Yorkers with either unfathomable courage or feathers for brains had decided to seize the initiative.

18.   Coles tried to seize the initiative in the race in July by inviting President Clinton to a fund-raiser in Atlanta.

19.   Clinton partisans insisted it was a tactic designed to seize fresh initiative for Starr, whose investigation thus far has been measured in opinion polls as unpopular and biased.

20.   Even as California regulators seize the initiative with their bold plan to bring about competition in the electric power industry, other states are running fast to catch up.