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.

Recent interfaith initiatives include " A Common Word ", launched in 2007 and focused on bringing Muslim and Christian leaders together, the " C1 World Dialogue ", the " Common Ground " initiative between Islam and Buddhism, and a United Nations sponsored " World Interfaith Harmony Week ".

In 1990 a GlasNet non-profit initiative by the US-based Association for Progressive Communications sponsored Internet usage in several educational projects in the USSR ( through Sovam ).

The initiative for the formation of the IACR came during CRYPTO ' 82, and CRYPTO ' 83 was the first IACR sponsored conference.

In the 2006 election, Storey became the only county to vote in support of Question 7, a statewide ballot initiative to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol, sponsored by the Marijuana Policy Project.

He participated in Sapientis Week, an initiative sponsored by the non-profit Sapientis which brings distinguished public figures into classrooms in order to raise the public's awareness of the education crisis in Puerto Rico.

UDDI is an open industry initiative, sponsored by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards ( OASIS ), for enabling businesses to publish service listings and discover each other, and to define how the services or software applications interact over the Internet.

In 2002, she sponsored an initiative petition to end the income tax in Massachusetts.

* In March 2007, a group of San Jose State students sponsored an official student initiative to restore the words " California State University " to the school's official public identity while preserving the " SJSU " city-state name.

Iceland Music Export is the name of a government sponsored initiative which " aims to bring together the disparate strands of Iceland's eclectic scene under one roof.

This initiative sponsored the IEEE 1512 series of protocols for emergency management which provides sophisticated means to coordinate incidents across operations centers using CAD software.

Several policies, including the U. S. Treasury sponsored Hope Now initiative and the 2009 " Making Home Affordable " plan have offered incentives to renegotiate mortgages.

In 2008, he and his brother Richie Dalmau participated in Sapientis Week, an initiative sponsored by the non-profit Sapientis which brings distinguished public figures into classrooms in order to raise the public's awareness of the education crisis in Puerto Rico. Since 2009 he served as Director of Audit Office Sports and Recreation Department, in 2011 the governor of Puerto Rico, Luis G. Fortuño, announced the appointment of Ricardo Dalmau Santana CPA, to the post of Inspector General of Puerto Rico that was approved by the House and Senate.

The Cooperative Threat Reduction ( CTR ) Program ( occasionally known as Nunn – Lugar based on a 1992 U. S. law sponsored by Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar ) is an initiative housed within the Defense Threat Reduction Agency ( DTRA ).

77, a redistricting initiative sponsored by Gov.

The brand sponsored Graduate Fashion Week for six consecutive years from 2005-2010 and now sponsors London Fashion Week ’ s FASH / ON FILM Festival, an initiative created by River Island and the British Fashion Council to support up and coming designers and film makers in fashion.

In 1943, Rep. Samuel P. Philbrook sponsored legislation to create a contest to pick a state song, but this initiative failed as well.

He participated in Sapientis Week, an initiative sponsored by the non-profit Sapientis which brings distinguished public figures into classrooms in order to raise the public's awareness of the education crisis in Puerto Rico.

Established by Ronald Reagan in 1981 as a part of an expanding initiative to provide for victims of crimes ( later manifested in Executive Order 12360, signed in 1982, which established the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime ), Crime Victims ' Rights Week is sponsored by the Office for Victims of Crime ( OVC ).

In October 2011, he exhibited at the “ Americans in Paris ” initiative, sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger and Vogue magazine.

* Harlem Hospital Center was the first hospital in New York City to receive the " Baby Friendly " certification granted by Baby-Friendly USA, part of a global initiative sponsored by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ).

Through the initiative of the then Vice Mayor Francisco M. Tuozo of Jabonga, a resolution was sponsored petitioning Congress for the creation of the Municipality of Kitcharao.

In 1964, the California Real Estate Association sponsored an initiative to counteract the effects of the Act.

The initiative was sponsored with a USD $ 3 million grant from the Soros Foundation.

Two of the more significant early initiatives he sponsored were a 1906 constitutional amendment extending initiative and referendum powers to local jurisdictions, and a 1908 amendment that gave voters power to recall elected officials.