1.   Although the topic of discussions with the four men was not revealed, it is hard to imagine that the Saudi initiative was not one of them.

2.   Both the United States and Egypt have come out in support of the Saudi initiative.

3.   Even some Israelis fear that if Arafat does not attend the summit, the meeting will focus on bashing Israel and U.S. policy while the Saudi initiative languishes.

4.   He has supported the Saudi initiative in public while disparaging it in private.

5.   Holding portraits of Arafat and waving Palestinian flags, they urged the Arab summit to ditch the Saudi initiative and send arms to support them.

6.   In Israel, as elsewhere, the Saudi initiative went largely unnoticed at first.

7.   In this case, that probably would mean trying to shape the Saudi initiative to his own ends.

8.   So far, President Bush has treated the Saudi initiative with extreme caution.

9.   Such moments periodically made it seem like the Saudi initiative would sink amidst the competing viewpoints.

10.   That left the Saudi initiative looking awfully weak.