He developed a specialty in ballot initiatives, especially about gaming.
And Republicans blocked many of the Democrats' spending initiatives, especially in areas like education.
Both those initiatives, especially the health care bill, are rather unpopular.
Bureaucrats will take a more tentative approach toward implementing Kremlin initiatives, especially ones that might elicit public ire.
But they also work to explain and build support for their initiatives, especially when those initiatives threaten a way of life.
But he is less impressed with other international initiatives, especially the administration's handling of its "muscular, tough, and essentially correct" stance toward Iraq.
Some critics say the digital divide evolves so rapidly as technology advances that big initiatives, especially those driven by government policy, can lock users into obsolete technology.
"As we've started to explore new ad initiatives, especially on the Web, it's made us start to think about different approaches for print," Ms. Crandall said.
Mr. Silver also takes me to task for crediting President Obama with the policy change key, even though his "initiatives, especially the health care bill, are rather unpopular".
Congress and the president could always decide to cut the funds for any of these initiatives, especially given pressing political and budgetary realities.
This was seen by many in the Fed as the most important of Reagan's domestic initiatives, especially as the corporate aggressiveness this encouraged was consolidated through anti-union legislation and conservative labour board appointments.
