1.   Already, a number of local chambers have developed business-led initiatives similar to those in Tulsa and Austin.

2.   Similar initiatives flowed thereafter as the team members came up with a stream of ideas.

3.   Top snooker player John Parrott and Tranmere Rovers footballers have already featured in similar initiatives.

4.   Implementing a series of recycling procedures in corporation offices and preparing information leaflets for local firms about similar initiatives.

5.   And about the same percentage said they would support a similar initiative in Texas.

6.   Arizona voters approved a similar initiative in November.

7.   Because both companies had already announced similar initiatives with other companies, the deal underscored the desperation of the major record labels to establish a foothold in electronic commerce.

8.   -- Efforts in Arizona, Texas and Florida to pass similar initiatives.

9.   A citizens advisory committee recommended in May that a similar initiative could pay for desert land in north Phoenix.