Instead, civic leaders undertook a classy refurbishment, complete with red brick streets and flower-lined alleys.

Political leaders, human rights groups and relatives of victims across the region, as well as foreign governments, are undertaking ambitious and combative efforts to bring the military to justice.

In the 1980s Chinese leaders undertook to improve the militia's military capabilities by reducing its size and its economic tasks.

Bidding to host the World Cup, which will be played in cities throughout the Caribbean, is the largest project Lauderhill's leaders have undertaken.

Politically, such reforms are difficult to implement, and when African leaders have occasionally undertaken to follow such advice, it has been at considerable risk.

Driven by ignorance, conservative thinking and fear of the unknown, our political leaders have undertaken to make laws that suppress this type of research.

If Soviet leaders undertook these fundamental reforms, what could the West do to allay the attendant political pain and risk?

In Galveston, civic leaders undertook anti-corruption reforms that became a model for cities elsewhere.

Macedonia deserves our support, especially in view of the self-sacrificial, disinterested work which the people and leaders of Macedonia undertook during the Kosovo war.

In contrast, leaders undertake the tasks of setting a direction or vision, aligning people to shared goals, communicating, and motivating.