"It's an initiative the mayor seized upon," Mr. Carey said.
Unsurprisingly, critics of nuclear power have seized upon the accident to argue that because nature is unpredictable, nuclear power is simply too risky.
The creative power of the imagination, which as a human psychological phenomenon was already used by the philosophers to explain prophetic powers, was seized upon by the new wisdom as "divine magic".
The decision by the government to prolong the life span of 17 power plants by up to 14 years, saying it would be "a bridge" until there were sufficient supplies of renewable energy sources to make up for the closure of nuclear power plants, has been seized upon by the opposition.
Abu Haiba seized upon Khaled's everyman star power and suggested they film a pilot for a talk show called "Words From the Heart".
The major political groupings have seized upon these allegations in their battle for power.
The disclosure was seized upon by hardline unionists opposed to the power sharing government in Stormont.
But their power may be constrained, even in democracies, as intermediary liability is seized upon as the easy way to fight crime, porn, defamation and intellectual property piracy.
They have seized upon the idea that if you are in a position of power, you can tell underlings to do anything you want them to do.
Mr Miliband's colleagues defended their leader's slip but the absence of any mention of the deficit prompted criticism from business groups and was seized upon by Labour's opponents as evidence Mr Miliband is not ready for power.
