On Monday, British and American diplomats hailed the Security Council resolution endorsing Mr. Annan's agreement because it returned the initiative to the Council's control even though the document did not authorize the use of force against Iraqi violations.
Only days earlier, under the pressure of the clear downturn in relations, Lake had finally wrested Christopher's consent to open a new channel to Liu -- a shift that returned the initiative on China to the White House, where it has largely remained under Berger, Lake's successor.
But Pratt's intervention, and Martyn's departure soon after, returned the initiative to England and they went on to edge to a three-wicket victory on a nervy fourth day.
The brutality of the act initially drove Lancaster and his adherents away from the centre of power, but the Battle of Bannockburn, in June 1314, returned the initiative.
Edward's humiliating defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn by Bruce, confirming Bruce's position as an independent king of Scots, returned the initiative to Lancaster and Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, who had not taken part in the campaign, claiming that it was in defiance of the Ordinances.
While REI, known for its co-op membership model, has historically hosted in-store "garage" sales a few times a year to resell gently used products that customers have returned, the new initiative is taking that up several notches, with used product sales now to be held year-round both in stores and online, REI interim president and CEO Eric Artz said.
ECOMPACT encouraged home-based testing, and the initiative to return the test to a pathology centre was with the consumer.
English Heritage, local councils, MPs and tourist bodies have been lobbying the government on the A303 issue since 2002 as part of an initiative to return the 5,000-year-old 5,000-year-old 5,000-year-old.
IBM has made no secret it is counting on these strategic initiatives to return the company to growth and again cement Big Blue as a solid part of the future.
Most of the haul is in the form of loans, which allows the money to be returned if the initiative does not go forward.
