1.   As part of his yearlong race initiative, Clinton asked Congress to remove the backlog of discrimination cases at the Equal Opportunity Commission.

2.   But, he continued, the race initiative gives the president an opportunity to revise that view.

3.   Clinton and Vice President Al Gore made a brief joint appearance at the meeting of the advisory board on his race relations initiative, which was named in June.

4.   Clinton tossed out the suggestion as part of his race initiative, which in its fourth month has yet to move far beyond the starting gate.

5.   Clinton did not attend, but his race initiative was, said Gates, the reason for talking.

6.   Conservatives seized on the segregated session as evidence that the race initiative is little more than a propaganda campaign for affirmative action and racial preferences.

7.   Her involvement with the race initiative led to one big change in her personal life.

8.   In doing so, he sought to enlist the NAACP in promoting a ground swell of enthusiasm for his race initiative.

9.   In the months since then, some critics have complained that the race initiative has failed to take off.

10.   It was two days after the College Park event that Bowles held his previously scheduled meeting to put some life into the race initiative.