His initial overtures began in January 1998, two weeks after "Sensation" closed.

Alcoa also said it would ask Reynolds shareholders to remove the company's board, which spurned the initial overture.

Treaty negotiations with several Western countries were made possible by the completion of this initial Japanese overture.

His initial overtures to her were spurned because she had a boyfriend at the time but he persisted and they were married within 18 months.

The initial overture was almost always pro forma: "You put your cards on the table.

Gonzalez said after tonight's game in Toronto that he knows his response to the Yankees' initial overture, but wouldn't say what it is.

What she found abominable was the punishing use of power more than the initial overture, even if improper.

She added that she did not know which side had made the initial overture.

Brazil made the initial overtures, becoming the first country to formally recognise Paraguayan independence in 1844.

Carter, however, had actually made his initial overture about 10 days earlier.