initiative
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Ugarte and Roldan said the initiative needs more oversight.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
"Trump actively supported this initiative, noting that the holiday marks our shared victory," against Nazi Germany, Putin's diplomatic advisor Yuri Ushakov said.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“This is a big moment for retirement. Federal action to address the access gap is something huge,” said KC Boas, the retirement-savings initiative lead at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Organizers this week announced they’d collected enough signatures to put the initiative on the November ballot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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