Are we willing to embark upon initiatives that might take six weeks, six months, even six years to realize full results?
"The decision to exhume the remains of Emperor Alexander III was taken upon the initiative of the Holy Patriarch," said Vladimir Solovyov, the senior investigator in the Investigative Committee's main centre of forensic criminology.
At the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at the end of 2004, the lawyers representing former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, upon his initiative, had asked to be removed from the case; the judges denied the request, and Milosevic continued to serve as his own primary counsel.
Ten years ago, upon my initiative, the IASP Congress and the Congress of the International Headache Society in Paris were placed in succession.
Upon his initiative the Hungarians elected their first prince, but they preferred Árpád to his father.
Being the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father's lifetime in 1214.
In 2008, following surveys of historic properties throughout the county, the Hampshire County Historic Landmarks Commission and the Hampshire County Commission embarked upon an initiative to place structures and districts on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 2008, the Hampshire County Historic Landmarks Commission and the Hampshire County Commission embarked upon an initiative to place structures and districts on the National Register of Historic Places following a series of surveys of historic properties throughout the county.
Michael the Brave also adopted an anti-Ottoman policy, and upon his initiative Sigismund Báthory of Transylvania and Aaron the Tyrant of Moldavia (1591 1595) signed a treaty to form an anti-Ottoman alliance.
Among the subjects declaring having been screened in the 22 pilot departments, 52% did so within an organised program and 46% based upon individual initiative.
