ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:40:31 -0400, Roger <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
wrote:
>To me they are easy calls. Initiative and first are not related. Taking
>the initiative is deciding to do something, or even taking a leadership
>roll while first is exactly that, being the first to do something, nor
>is creating even a synonym for inventing. Every time I build something I
>am creating, but I certainly am not inventing.
REPLY:
>From dictionary.com:
in·i·ti·a·tive:
?noun
1.an introductory act or step; leading action
(sounds like first to me)
and
cre·ate:
?Synonyms
2. originate, invent.
No reasonable person would doubt these meanings are what Mr. Gore
meant.
73, Bill W6WRT
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