Then when they try to initiate significant changes, a low sense of urgency within middle management makes execution painfully difficult.

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Furthermore, it is likely that the federal government will initiate unfavorable changes to the estate and gift tax laws in order to compensate for government deficits.

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It is too late for tennis to do the same, but it could initiate rule changes that would extend the time the ball is in play and reward strategy and stroke play over raw power.

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Changes that were approved include wider powers for MPs to initiate Commons debates, the possible reintroduction of September sittings to break-up the long summer recess, and a greater role for public petitions in Parliament.

BBC: Commons reform report debate

The techniques used by Bloomberg to estimate changes in dividend payments were 85% successful in identifying companies that will soon initiate or raise their dividend in 2009 with a recent success in calling the initiation of a dividend by Starbucks.

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