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Three Cups of Tea
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When it was clear all the school projects would be completed ahead of time, Mortenson launched an ambitious array of new initiatives.†
Chpt 15 *

initiatives = things that were started or proposed
But the girls' education initiative is hugely successful there.†
Chpt 18

initiative = the ability and tendency to determine what should be done and to start doing it without instruction; or to start something
"In 2001, CAI operations were scattered all the way across northern Pakistan, from the schools we were building along the Line of Control to the east to several new initiatives we were working on all the way west along the Afghan border," Mortenson says.†
Chpt 19

initiatives = things that were started or proposed
Even though Afghanistan at war was hardly the place to launch a new development initiative, he swore to himself he'd find some way to help these Afghans.†
Chpt 19

initiative = the ability and tendency to determine what should be done and to start doing it without instruction; or to start something
Just maintaining CAI's schools in Pakistan, while launching a new initiative for Afghanistan's children, could wipe out CAI's resources if Mortenson wasn't careful.†
Chpt 21
But in October 2003, making his last visit of the year to the Northern Areas before leaving to launch his new CAI initiative in Afghanistan, Mortenson felt perfectly content, despite the low cloud cover and encroaching chill.†
Chpt 22

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