taken the lead

The Federal Reserve has taken the lead with its imaginative expansion of swap arrangements with central banks in a few emerging economies.

This was a team of structure and confidence and, once they had taken the lead, the truth is they handed out a thrashing.

"France has taken the lead but they do not have the equipment to settle the issue militarily, " he said.

But now that Rio is the subject of a hostile takeover bid from BHP, it has taken the lead on aggressive pricing.

But because the victims are not United States citizens, he said, no one has taken the lead in seeking a solution.

That Germany has taken the lead is not surprising. The economy is performing quite well and it will pay the biggest share of any bail-out.

March 2003, the company integrated resources, China has taken the lead in building "green cleaning, nursing experts, " the new concept.

By at least one measure, China has taken the lead on the environmental front.

He had so completely taken the lead in the business up to the present time.

s have taken the lead in abolishing the system of life tenure in leading posts, furthering the reform of the cadre system.

Mr Obama has just taken the lead even in superdelegate endorsements, the last meaningful measure to favour Mrs Clinton.

Within seconds of that change Norwich should have taken the lead.

Mike Sutton and Lisa Crispin have taken the lead in identifying some "awesome women" from Agile teams around the world.

Asia has taken the lead in economic recovery, and its growth as a whole has been sustained.

In many parts of the country, Iraqis have already taken the lead for security.

ireland has taken the lead in protecting non - smokers from tobacco smoke pollution , a european commission - funded report has said.

However no institution has taken the lead in defining a work plan and carving up the tasks and the bill.

But ever since the crafty monsters got their hand on software that rigs the poll, Gaga's taken the lead. . . and we're pissed!

Since 2000, CUHK has taken the lead in installing diesel oxidation converters as emission reduction devices in its school buses.

While research on plants has taken the lead, work with farm animals does not lag far behind.

Dirk Kuyt has revealed how he has taken the lead in helping new boy Andriy Voronin adapt to life in England.

And guess which country has taken the lead in this area by sponsoring the Micronutrient Initiative?

ECOWAS had taken the lead, holding talks with the soldiers and pro-democracy groups since October.

Boeing has taken the lead in developing new technology to make big aircraft more efficient, more economical and more eco-friendly.

In the meantime, Shanghai has taken the lead in attracting multinationals.

And the development of these cars has been driven not by established global car makers. Instead, local companies have taken the lead.

The black horse has taken the lead but I think the white horse will win in the end.

By 2002 they had taken the lead, building up a burden equal to 185% of disposable income by the end of 2007.

The University of Chicago Magazine's Flickr site and its alumnus have taken the lead on the marshmellawization of HEP culture.

News from the north Man Utd have now taken the lead at Everton. This is not a good day.

Again, California has taken the lead.

Compared to the third quarter of 2008, filmic rolls have taken the lead in the return to positive year-on-year growth rates.

Some provinces have also taken the lead.

Japan has taken the lead in car production.

Mr. Ebersman, 41, has been Facebook's finance chief since 2009, and has taken the lead dealing with Facebook's potential IPO bankers.

He has taken the lead in the presidential race.

But in Asia, it is BBVA that has taken the lead.

Interestingly, although Wal-Mart had taken the lead in sales in 1991, it still had fewer stores-1721 to Kmart's 2330.

Last year, Shanghai has taken the lead in export residential insurance, cleared threshold to meet the requirements for acceding to the WTO.

He has taken the lead in the debate.

He has taken the lead in the car race.