Sentence examples for initiative a day from inspiring English sources

Seizing the initiative a day after the announcement of Saddam Hussein's capture, France said it would work with other nations to forgive an unspecified portion of Iraq's immense foreign debt.

The announcement was designed to demonstrate that the police are neither fatalistic nor bigoted in the face of murderous extremism.Similarly eye-catching was the initiative, a day later, by the Muslim Council of Britain, a broad umbrella group which can make a fair claim to speak for the whole community.

American officials are trying to regain the initiative during a day in which they were surprised by attacks by the fedayeen militia columns.

The initiative comes a day after the Senate voted 52-46 to repeal the plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants, the largest single source of US emissions.

Expectations of a Franco-German initiative had hardened after a day of frantic discussions in Brussels and across Europe over what to do about Greece and the mixed signals over the timing and substance of the response.

The US Department of Agriculture's new My Plate initiative recommends three cups a day of milk for everyone!

The group was gathering petitions for a ballot initiative -- but after a day's work inside the free-speech zone's tight confines, they were only able to interact with six fellow students.

He promised to pursue several bold initiatives: A statewide day-care system, prescription drug benefits to the middle class and an expanded public school system that would offer classes for 4-year-olds.

When there was a Scarborough Liberal MPP put forward an initiative on Terry Fox Day, proclaiming Terry Fox Day, fantastic.

When wireless companies intensify their video initiatives, one could envision a day when the humble cellphone adds the television to the list of consumer devices it has rendered obsolete.

And it's not enough to throw money at check the box CSR initiatives and call it a day.