It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church, a woman named Catt who, as Wilson afterward found, was briefly referred to as The Cat because of her sharp tongue and fierce initiative.

This trade was subject to a tariff of 7.5 per cent after February 1835, but much was smuggled into Assiniboia with the result that the duty was reduced by 1841 to 4 per cent on the initiative of the London committee.

A sense of self-certainty and the freedom to experiment with different roles, or confidence in one's own unique behavior as an alternative to peer-group conformity, is more easily developed during adolescence if, during early childhood, the individual was permitted to exercise initiative and encouraged to develop some autonomy.

A wedding set for January 1, 1841, was canceled when the two broke off their engagement at Lincoln's initiative.

( Personal initiative was required since his division commander, Brig.

Despite Frankish advances in the years that followed, Alaric was not afraid to take the military initiative when it presented itself.

File: Vilnius. Sv. Onos baznycia. Saint Ann's church2. jpg | Gothic St. Anne's Church in Vilnius was constructed on his initiative in 1495-1500.

Altogether, the boule was responsible for a great portion of the administration of the state, but was granted relatively little latitude for initiative ; the boule's control over policy was executed in its probouleutic, rather than its executive function ; in the former, it prepared measures for deliberation by the assembly, in the latter, it merely executed the wishes of the assembly.

Having in mind the bad condition of the forest fund, and in particular the catastrophic wildfires which occurred in the summer of 2007, a citizen's initiative for afforestation was started in the Republic of Macedonia.

The first World Social Forum ( WSF ) in 2001 was an initiative of Oded Grajew, Chico Whitaker, and Bernard Cassen.

The reluctance of his Dutch allies to see their frontiers denuded of troops for another gamble in Germany had denied Marlborough the initiative, but of far greater importance was the Margrave of Baden ’ s pronouncement that he could not join the Duke in strength for the coming offensive.

It was an initiative of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and involves chemical societies, academics, and institutions worldwide and relied on individual initiatives to organize local and regional activities.

Because he was proclaimed Emperor on the initiative of the Praetorian Guard instead of the Senate — the first Emperor thus proclaimed — Claudius ' repute suffered at the hands of commentators ( such as Seneca ).

In 1974, an initiative was taken by L. Ottens, a director of the audio industry group within the Philips Corporation in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

The resulting Treaty of Versailles, due to European allies ' punitive and territorial designs, showed insufficient conformity with these points and the U. S. signed separate treaties with each of its adversaries ; due to Senate objections also, the U. S. never joined the League of Nations, which was established as a result of Wilson's initiative.

The precise facts have been obscured by history, but modern historians believe Nerva was proclaimed Emperor solely on the initiative of the Senate, within hours after the news of the assassination broke.

In 1956, the very rare DKW Monza was put into small scale production on a private initiative.

Beatty impressed Battenburg, who gave him excellent reports, but was critical of the lack of imagination and initiative shown in exercises, and of the general inexperience of all admirals in handling large fleets.

He was an aggressive commander who expected his subordinates to always use their initiative without direct orders from himself.

On 3 June 2008, an initiative to facilitate collaboration between online expert and amateur scholarly contributors for Britannica's online content ( in the spirit of a wiki ), with editorial oversight from Britannica staff, was announced.

* The Great Plant Hunt – a primary school science initiative created by Kew Gardens, commissioned and funded by the Wellcome Trust

There are also Newbury College, a further and higher education college funded by private finance initiative and Mary Hare School, a residential co-educational community special school for deaf pupils.

The Consortium for Functional Glycomics ( CFG ) is a large research initiative funded in 2001 by a glue grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences ( NIGMS ) to “ define paradigms by which protein-carbohydrate interactions mediate cell communication ”.

* In November 2005, Raytheon launched ' MathMovesU ', an educational initiative intended to make math and science more interesting and accessible for young people, funded by $ 1 million in annual grants.

The Knight Lab is a joint initiative of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced in 2011.

* eWater Cooperative Research Centre-Australian Government funded initiative supporting water management decision support tools

Also the OASIS international standards body has produced standards funded in part by the DHS and the disaster management e-gov initiative to communicate in emergencies.

As a part of a nationwide initiative funded by the Office of Justice Program ’ s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ( OJJDP ), The United States Department of Justice had announced a grant from the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce Program to the Dallas Police Department on 10 January 1998.

The venture was largely funded by the Gothenburg Public House Society, which donated over £ 7, 000 to the initiative.

The program's similarity to the Total Information Awareness ( TIA ) federally funded initiative that was terminated following public concerns contributed to Matrix's demise.

In March 2010, Abbott, announced a new policy initiative to provide for 6 months paid parental leave, funded by an increase in corporate tax by 1. 7 per cent on all taxable company income of more than $ 5 million.

This initiative, funded by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, seeks to augment snowfall in mountainous regions of Nevada in order to increase snow pack and water supply.

Its implementation was frozen in June 2010 amid allegations that the police deliberately misled councillors about its purpose, after it was revealed that it was being funded as an anti-terrorism initiative, rather than for ' reassurance and crime prevention '.

The area became the focus of a targeted regeneration initiative, led by the Castle Vale Housing Action Trust ( CVHAT ) from 1993 to 2005, where the estate witnessed the demolition of many of its housing stock and facilities, the refurbishment of remaining properties, and the construction of new housing and facilities along with the remodelling of the estate, funded both privately and publicly.

Its implementation was frozen in June 2010 amid allegations that the police deliberately misled councillors about its purpose, after it was revealed that it was being funded as an anti-terrorism initiative, rather than for ' reassurance and crime prevention '.

The initiative was convened and personally funded by British privacy activist Simon Davies who has since then been director of the organization.

* Ethnic Minority Achievement Service ( EMAS ), Ethnic Minority Achievement Service-A Government funded educational initiative ( DCFS )

Childress and the two most prominent supporters of the initiative within the Arizona state legislature, Russell Pearce and Randy Graf, then formed a separate organization, Yes On 200, which was funded almost entirely by out-of-state interests.

This became part of the " Illinois Service " initiative in 1971 and is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

In November 2004, MPP funded and ran the campaign that succeeded in passing a statewide medical marijuana initiative in Montana with 62 % of the vote.

The University was established and its development funded via a joint venture between Bond Corporation in Australia and the Japanese entity, EIE, at the initiative of Alan Bond, the founder and Chairman of Bond Corporation.

* Prime Movers is a pilot initiative funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

It is funded under a private financial initiative through a consortium ( special purpose vehicle name “ Citylink ”), who undertake to devise, procure, construct and maintain Connect for an initial twenty year period.

It was funded under the Atoms for Peace initiative during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.