31.   As the toll on their side grew, the Palestinian police either took the initiative to fire back or were goaded into it by the demonstrators.

32.   At one extreme, surgeons took little initiative in choosing team members.

33.   Average performers take initiative, too, but they tend to volunteer for non-critical extras, such as planning corporate events or recruiting for the company blood drive.

34.   Barenboim, the music director of the Chicago Symphony and the Berlin State Opera, took the initiative in bringing the two orchestras together.

35.   Blair has taken courageous initiatives that his predecessor, John Major, declined to take.

36.   Bombardier has also shown an ability to take initiative in the face of dashed opportunities.

37.   A leader takes the initiative.

38.   A very sensitive child, for instance, will become overly compliant and not learn to take initiative if her parents are authoritarian, he says.

39.   After hearing nothing for more than a week, Bordick took the initiative and called Ripken, sharing a congenial conversation.

40.   After the prosecution rested its case, the defense took the initiative.