31.   PLO leader Yasser Arafat moved Tuesday to regain the initiative in Gaza from Islamic militant rivals who have called a rally for the end of the week.

32.   President Bill Clinton, outmaneuvered by the Republican-led Congress, struggled to regain the initiative by reminding Americans that he still counts for something in national politics.

33.   Tam regained the initiative to win the deciding game.

34.   Tamil sources said the LTTE will resort to spectacular strikes to regain the initiative.

35.   The Bosnian Serb SRNA news agency reported for its part Friday that the government offensive had been stopped in Majevica and that Serb forces had regained the initiative.

36.   The higher rates enabled the government to regain the initiative vis-a-vis the financial markets, after its Commons defeat, he said.