All the while the lighter was in my pocket, with my initials now engraved on the lid.
They were a gift, I imagined, from S.J., the man whose initials now coded her journal and datebook.
[n.b.: group just uses the initials now, with no periods] Such relationships — seen as a sign of progress in many circles — represent to others a weakening in one of the few bulwarks consumers have against dubious environmental claims.
That has been such a hindrance to the war effort, in the view of some American commanders, that they ruefully say the alliance mission's initials now stand for "I Saw America Fight".
Often in red-button land you are left dangling between frames but not when JV (they are called by their initials now – JV, JP, WT... It's like being back at school. Perhaps, with Cameron in the offing, we are all Etonians now) is at the mike.
Similarly, the Hollywood Roosevelt is struggling to maintain its initial buzz now that the pool party has died down.
Initial responsibility now falls to a panel of seven trained analysts who smell samples of seafood from the area.
In later works, Mr. Close has dropped the last initial and now uses just a first name for a title.
"Thanks to the initial success, now I am more confident and skillful in dealing with the sensitive material," Zhang wrote to me.
He was spending almost seven days a week editing the futuristic film which, after his initial reservations, now consumed and fascinated him.
