He failed signally to take advantage of the overtures of the then Turkish leader, Turgut Ozal, in the late 1980s.
Most expect him, reluctantly, to accept the overtures from conservatives within Ichiro Ozawa's New Frontier Party, the largest of the opposition groups and the most enthusiastic about a bigger security role for Japan.
But with those now pinched by the recession, and with foreign direct investment also down, the unthreatening overtures of the ADB may be the best near-term hope.
Mocality set up a sting and soon learned that Google operatives were behind the sales overtures to its customers, and in the process, had misrepresented themselves.
Some political analysts said the choice of appointees signaled Erdogan appeared to be making overtures to the conservative side of the political spectrum, ahead of municipal elections next October.
Lauren has not played for Cameroon since the 2002 World Cup finals, spurning several coaches and official overtures in the five years since.
However, Mr Fox has reacted to the defeat by making overtures to Mexico's main opposition group, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), to see if progress can be made in areas where a consensus exists.
The move, which follows several days of diplomatic efforts between Iran and Britain, was sudden: The two countries had only recently acknowledged making overtures to end the standoff.
The European Central Bank is not expected to lower interest rates this week, but is expected to make overtures to the long-term refinancing operation, or LTRO.
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New Zealand and the European Free Trade Area - Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland - are already on board, and others with Australia, Canada, Mexico and the US are under negotiation, while overtures have been made to the European Union and India.
There has been no date set for the vote and Ergen can presumably make overtures at any point up until the vote has taken place and the deal approved.
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He kept a German one at Termiz and is making new overtures to the West.
With 1.37 million square miles of ocean holdings, Kiribati has been vulnerable to overtures from the EU to sign a separate, less-stringent access pact.
Beyond that, there's Venezuela and Bolivia, and both leaders made overtures to the president-elect, saying they wanted to turn a new leaf, open a new page.
Velayati has deferred to Khamenei on any possible overtures to the U.S. But Qalibaf and others suggest they would urge the leadership to remain open for direct talks.
Some snooty observers of Macquarie's initial overtures to the LSE dismissed them as publicity-seeking on the part of a bank keen to raise its profile beyond the shores of Australia.
His Justice and Development Party, or AKP, also made a number of overtures toward the Kurds, relaxing bans on Kurdish language education, appearing to apologize for past discriminatory policies and launching a state Kurdish-language TV station.
The research also highlights a breakdown in how corporate leaders are providing guidance and support to female subordinates and how these Millennial subordinates are receiving their overtures and the tangible effects this support has on career development.
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The BJP says that a booming economy and recent peace overtures with Pakistan have contributed to the sense of well-being in the country.
Surrounded by jubilant supporters at his campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv when the results came in, Mr Lapid immediately made overtures to Mr Netanyahu, calling for the formation of a broad-based government, one which would "bring about real change".
In fact, the intensity of Russia's overtures appears to have spooked not only Western observers but Mr Yanukovich too.
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Glass, the athletic director, has made overtures to lure him back.
But both of them want the Dems to do well in November -- and Bradley's approval is critical to Gore, who's been hitting the left wing of the party hard this week (stopping in at the NAACP national convention, making overtures to Ralph Nader).
The global nature of the economic downturn seems to have squashed overtures from Indian, Chinese, and Russian buyers.
Commissioner Selig has made overtures to Torre about filling the Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations position that was recently vacated by Sandy Alderson.
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