8 sentences with “initiative”

Research by the Foundation for Human Development looked at the existence of initiative in babies.

A few days later, a memorial service for Deana was held in Louisville at the initiative of her mother.

A joint operation was also proposed to the Chilean government, but the initiative did not materialise.

People have diverse interests and aspirations that they seek to satisfy. Self-interest and initiative can be seen as early as infancy.

As the power difference between mother and child is so great, it is the mother who allows or disallows these outbreaks of initiative and self-will to develop.

Congress also passed tariffs in 1816 and 1824. Clay led the initiative for the federal government to impose high tariffs to help boost domestic manufacturing.

Despite the setbacks discussed below, Napoleon's forces continued to dominate continental Europe until 1813; attempts by the Prussians and, to a lesser extent, the Austrians to regain the initiative always failed thanks to French military dominance.

In a sense, this period consisted of Hitler "playing chicken" with the rest of Europe: he would launch a dangerous and provocative initiative, and then see if the rest of Europe (i.e. mainly France and Britain) would respond with the threat of force or, on the contrary, back down.