He said that it starts with an initial act, which by the fact of being sustained breeds un- bending intent.

According to his testimony his initial act was a crime of passion, and he killed the children to protect himself.

And his initial act had been to clap Jim-Jam in jail.

As an initial act it is a once-for-all, unrepeatable experience.

However, conversion does not refer exclusively to the initial act of reorientation.

These initial acts placed regulations on corporations and businesses.

Focus their attention away from the initial act of walking into the settlement and onto the greater issues at stake.

The "permission" given by an initial act of suicide, in other words, isn't a general invitation to the vulnerable.

The six initial acts were reduced to two after a public vote.

On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act.