1.   In the months that followed, the government gradually regained the initiative.

2.   The administration lost no time in trying to regain the initiative for the United States.

3.   As the congressional recess ended Tuesday, there was no consensus within the GOP Tuesday about how to regain the initiative.

4.   Bush must find a way to regain the initiative.

5.   French troops later regained the initiative and finally pushed the Germans off the Chemin des Dames in October.

6.   Having regained the initiative, Yeltsin now has to get back to governing.

7.   Now he has regained the initiative, and he said he felt a spring in his step Wednesday morning as he began campaigning in Georgia.

8.   Putin convened a meeting of military and security officials to discuss ways to prevent a repeat attack behind the Russian front lines and regain the initiative.

9.   Seeking to regain the initiative, Justice Ministry officials stressed their determination to meet the goal of universal gun owner registration by the end of this year.

10.   The militants are struggling to move north toward Grozny and the lowlands, hoping to regain the initiative and save their comrades fighting in Grozny.