Investigators have focused on a 2000 transaction with General Re that Mr. Greenberg personally initiated that bolstered A.I.G.'s reserves.

In view of the unauthorized actions you personally initiated which put civilians in danger, I accept your resignation, Jon.

Indeed, Mr. Blair hinted on Thursday that he wished to personally initiate a renewed effort to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once the Lebanon crisis had eased.

But most of those contacts were deemed legal, either because the White House officials who were lobbied did not fall within the law or because Mr. Deaver did not personally initiate the contacts, Mr. Seymour wrote.

Currently, there are approximately 80 spiritual masters initiating disciples in the movement, some of whom have more disciples than Srila Prabhupada personally initiated himself.

Abedin personally initiated the $230 million (£123.9m) deal with Unocal Corporation (now Chevron Corporation) in 2004, on behalf of Bangladesh, after getting approval from the Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

It is not known for sure which Party leader personally initiated the drive to reduce costs.

An interesting threat, Count Fenring, considering that you personally initiated the contact between my people and Elrood.

Prime minister Vladimir Putin personally initiated the creation of a venture capital sector in 2006, and earmarked hundreds of billions of roubles to seed funds that could eventually capitalise on Russia's intellectual potential.

Mao personally initiated the Anti Hu Feng Counter-Revolutionary Group Campaign in 1955, which resulted in the imprisonment of 78 Chinese intellectuals, mostly poets and writers, and led to the incrimination of more than 2,100 people.