There's much talk that Ramos will extend his term through a popular initiative to amend the Constitution.
In March, the Court ruled that a popular initiative to remove constitutional term limits for elected officials -- and allow the president to run for a second term -- was illegal.
And, in 2002, MIT launched its popular OpenCourseWare initiative.
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The companies are launching their initiative with popular titles that have already demonstrated success on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, EST and VOD platforms.
No doubt Mr Abbas, who is part of that generation of Arab leaders now feeling the heat of frustration across the region, hopes that he can seize the initiative, gaining popular support in the process.
Some parties attempted to boycott this initiative, but the Popular Christian Party and many left-leaning parties participated in the election.
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The new initiative is the result of a partnership with popular crowdfunding platform RocketHub.
And one of the most popular elements of it has been a clean energy manufacturing initiative that will put Americans to work while helping America gain the lead when it comes to clean energy.
Much of the popular online sentiment against the bills has been built up through the initiative of Internet entrepreneurs like Hunter Walk, 38 years old, of San Francisco.
Since California passed Proposition 13, a property tax-cutting initiative, in 1978, the use of the ballot measure has become increasingly popular, especially in states in the west.
As part of this new initiative, Blizzard has established the first-ever official global ranking system for its popular real-time strategy (RTS) game eSports.
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Democrats in Colorado have put an initiative on the ballot that would award the state's electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote.
Maine's ballot initiative, called Question 1, stands out as the first time proponents have brought the issue to a popular vote on their own.
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