Initial passenger numbers on the service were well below expectations and the company nearly faced voluntary administration in 2003.

Initial album sales beat the expectations and became best-selling album by Antis.

Initial claims for jobless benefits were said to have dropped by 8,100 in the week ending March 4.

Initial field ion microscopes, precursors to modern atom probes, were usually glass blown devices developed by individual research laboratories.

Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had translated from golden plates.

Initial theories of transformation of materials were developed by Greek philosophers, such as the Four-Element Theory of Empedocles stating that any substance is composed of the four basic elements – fire, water, air and earth.

Initial settlements were connected with the logging industry.

Initial reports argued the toads were effective in reducing the levels of cutworms and sweet potato yields were thought to be improving.

Initial consumer-level content creation tools were crude, requiring an analog video source to be digitized to a computer-readable format.

Initial police searches made that night were limited.

Initial attempts in the United States in the early 1970s were generally based on sociological theory and focused on the function of women characters in particular film narratives or genres and of stereotypes as a reflection of a society's view of women.

Initial negotiations were conducted in October, 1121, at Wurzburg.

Initial versions of the hi-hat were called clangers, which were small cymbals mounted onto a bass drum rim and struck with an arm on the bass drum pedal.

Formally introduced in September 1979, Initial samples were released in February 1980, with production chips available over the counter in November.

Initial speed grades were 4, 6, and 8 MHz.

Initial Bolshevik economic policies from 1917 to 1918 were cautious with limited nationalizations of private property.

Initial news reports, published all over the world, indicated that all the hostages were alive, and that all the attackers had been killed.

Initial roads, such as the Great South Road southwards from Auckland, were often built by the British Army to move troops, and were constructed to a comparatively high standard.

Initial work on Star Trek: Voyager started in 1993, and seeds for the show's backstory, including the development of the Maquis, were placed in several Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes.

Initial systems were based on the Geometry Engine that Clark and Marc Hannah had developed at Stanford University, and were derived from Clark's broader background in computer graphics.

Initial developments were carried out in the 1960s within the aircraft and automotive industries in the area of 3D surface construction and NC programming, most of it independent of one another and often not publicly published until much later.

Initial proposals for Frame Relay were presented to the Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph ( CCITT ) in 1984.

Initial reactions to the pronouncement of his death were of shock and sadness, as many Blacks believed that Washington was the only top Chicago official who would address their concerns.

Initial press releases and interviews about the system focused on its technological capabilities, avoiding discussion of the actual games that would be released.

A student who passed the 10th grade test would receive a Certificate of Initial Mastery.

Initial hopes were that each visitor would spend around US $ 33 per day, but near the end of 1992, analysts reckoned spending to be around 12 % lower.

Initial estimates suggested that preservation would cost about £ 3. 5 million and this sum was eventually found by the Welsh Assembly Government and Newport City Council.

Initial word was that the 16th Special Operations Wing would transfer from Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Initial reaction from members of the FOSS community over the patent protection was mostly critical, with expressions of concern that Novell had " sold out " and of doubt that the GPL would allow distribution of code, including the Linux kernel, under this exclusive agreement.

Initial plans called for the recovery of 30, 000 men from the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) within two days, at which time it was expected that German troops would be able to block further evacuation.

Initial designs for chocolate mouse were rejected, as Harry Melbourne felt that women and children were afraid of mice and would dislike the product.

Initial reactions to the proposed purchase in Indonesia were cautious with most commentators saying that the deal was expected to be approved but that government regulators would doubtless wish to look at some of the details, including reciprocity from Singapore policy makers, quite closely before making a final decision.

Initial screen tests convinced him and the director George Cukor that Goddard would require coaching to be effective in the role, but that she showed promise, and she was the first actress given a Technicolor screen test.

Initial planning done by Honda had for what would become the Accord was for it to be a sporty competitor in the pony car market, at roughly the size of a contemporary Ford Mustang powered by a six-cylinder engine.

Initial trials of the hounds had mixed results, and a public outcry arose against the use of the dogs, based on fears that they would be set on the Seminole in physical attacks, including against women and children.

Initial plans were to keep MusiquePlus and MusiMax, although shortly CTVglobemedia announced that they would sell MusiquePlus.

Initial plans were to keep MusiquePlus and MusiMax, although shortly CTVgm announced that they would sell MusiMax.

Initial redistricting indicates that the other St. Louis district -- the 3rd district -- would be absorbed into the 1st district placing Clay and Russ Carnahan in the same district.

Initial site selection indicated that the new cathedral would be built on a city block bounded by 22nd and 23rd streets, and by Pine and Chestnut streets, at a location east of the actual construction site.

Initial assessments suggested that it would take several years to restore normal service, but the damaged equipment was replaced with available spare parts, and normal service resumed on April 21.

Initial versions required a hard-linked protocol stack, where a separate executable would be created by the network administrator for each network card configuration on the network.

Initial Mars orbit would have a periapsis of 500 km, an apoapsis of about 52, 000 km, with an orbital period of 43. 09 hours.

Initial reports indicated that he wished to have no funeral and that his ashes would be scattered at sea.

The state would utilize the national industry-recognized skill certificates when developed, which would be the Certificate of Initial Mastery.

Initial success was not instant, as they were hard to sell due to the lack of advertising and high-prices, but the lines would go on to become her first commercial hit.

Initial applications would be buildings and buses.