1.   We should welcome the initiative of the Advisory Board for the Research Council in looking at quantitative measures of research output.

2.   Both Cyprus President Georgios Vassiliou and the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktash, welcomed the initiative.

3.   And I would welcome that initiative right now.

4.   HCIMA welcomes such initiative and is pleased that the modular structure of the course makes it appropriate to these various study routes.

5.   The initiative was welcomed by animal-welfare and conservation groups.

6.   But in the short run, at least, his initiative was welcomed on many fronts as an important attention-getting move.

7.   Cane cutters say it is not clear exactly how that will work, but they clearly welcome the initiative.

8.   Don Randall, the minister who holds services every Sunday morning for a handful of drivers in his trailer truck, welcomes the initiative.

9.   Most parents would welcome an initiative that resulted in improved test scores, more manageable classrooms, and heightened morale among teachers and principals.

10.   Portman welcomed the initiative as a positive first step, but vowed that the commission will present a plan that will go further.