81.   With a treaty in hand, he could seize the initiative and call early elections.

82.   He called on Germany, Belgium and France to seize the initiative in view of their historic responsibility and their influence in the region.

83.   However the match then petered out as a spectacle as neither side were able to seize the initiative.

84.   Hills set only a modest gallop until My Patriarch seized the initiative a mile out.

85.   Baldato, who won the stage to Lannion last year, seized the initiative after the peloton had engulfed a group of four escapees.

86.   But Canas proved a tough nut to crack after the Argentine seized the initiative from the start, breaking Paradorn in the opening game of the match.

87.   Earlier, Natal seized the initiative through first half tries to centre Jeremy Thomson and test winger James Small.

88.   England captured two quick wickets to seize the initiative on the third day of the second cricket Test against India here on Thursday.

89.   The Springboks, who again allowed the French to seize the initiative late in the game, had kept to the same side for their fourth successive international.

90.   The United Nations has tried to seize the initiative in Croatia by threatening to withdraw peacekeepers in order to force Serbs and Croats to recognise its new mandate.