Initially called La Haye en Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes ( 1596 – 1650 ), although his family home was in nearby Chatellerault.

Initially, the text describes how Jesus descended into hell in his own words, and then jumps to discussing the immaculate conception when Mary arrives amongst the apostles.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a permanent civilian regime tat lasted until the 1931 Second Republic.

Initially, she encountered similar problems as she had experienced at Blake Hall.

Initially, Grothendieck attended Henri Cartan's Seminar at École Normale Supérieure, but lacked the necessary background to follow the high-powered seminar.

Initially, a wireless room was established at Bletchley Park.

Initially influenced by bluegrass, they sang harmony duets at local clubs and high school talent shows.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Initially, Emperor Wilhelm II told the Archduke Franz Ferdinand that Germany was ready to support Austria in all circumstances — even at the risk of a world war, but the Austro-Hungarians hesitated.

Initially, a newspaper page included only a single daily strip, usually either at the top or the bottom of the page.

Initially limited frequency space meant that Channel 4 could not be broadcast alongside S4C, though some English Channel 4 programmes would be aired at less popular times on the Welsh variant, a practice that carried on up until the closure of S4C's analogue transmissions in 2010.

Initially, Decade was to be released in 1976, but was pulled at the last minute by Young.

Initially named " Digital European Cordless Telephone " at its launch by CEPT in November 1987, following a suggestion by Enrico Tosato of Italy, its name was soon changed to " Digital European Cordless Telecommunications " to reflect its broader range of application, including data services.

Initially the owners of AOI were the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, before the latter governments gave their shares back to Egypt in 1993, valued at $ 1. 8 billion.

Initially fighting on the Rhine with Max Emmanuel – receiving a slight head wound at the Siege of Mainz in 1689 – Eugene subsequently transferred himself to Piedmont after Victor Amadeus joined the Alliance against France in 1690.

Initially at, the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3, 800 years.

Initially, his parents lived there, but, after his mother's death in 1851, he made the Villa Verdi at Sant ' Agata in Villanova sull ' Arda his home until his death.

: Initially code-named " Cougar ", HTML 4. 0 adopted many browser-specific element types and attributes, but at the same time sought to phase out Netscape's visual markup features by marking them as deprecated in favor of style sheets.

Initially calling their venture Dramatic Oil ( later renaming it Fuller Farm Oil ), the partners invested in a site along the Allegheny River at Franklin, Pennsylvania, in late 1863 for drilling.

Initially growing up in Bithynia, raised by his maternal grandmother, at the age of seven he was under the guardianship of Eusebius of Nicomedia, the semi-Arian Christian Bishop of Nicomedia, and taught by Mardonius, a Gothic eunuch, whom Julian wrote warmly of later.

Initially the collection included only 100 pieces, the rest of the royal sculpture collection being at Versailles.

Initially the division of the Arabic-speaking areas of the Ottoman Empire were to be divided by the Sykes-Picot Agreement ; however, the final disposition was at the San Remo conference of 1920, whose determinations on the mandates, their boundaries, purposes and organization was ratified by the League in 1921 and put into effect in 1922.

Initially the rebound was rapid, proceeding at about 7. 5 cm / year.

Initially, Stalin maneuvered to kill the Plan, or at least hamper it by means of destructive participation in the Paris talks regarding conditions.

Initially, MPEG-4 was aimed primarily at low bit-rate video communications ; however, its scope as a multimedia coding standard was later expanded.

Initially this was done because it was easier to provide good insulation for the secondary winding of an external coil than it was in a coil buried in the construction of the magneto ( early magnetos had the coil assembly externally to the rotating parts to make them easier to insulate — at the expense of efficiency ).

Initially Eisenhower planned on serving only one term, but as with other decisions he maintained a position of maximum flexibility in case leading Republicans wanted him to run again.

Initially the only calling points would be Rotterdam on the way to Amsterdam, and Cologne on the way to Frankfurt.

Initially, the President was merely a symbolic figure with the Reichstag dominant ; however, persistent political instability, in which governments often lasted only a few months, led to a change in the power structure of the republic, with the president's emergency powers called increasingly into use to prop up governments challenged by critical or even hostile Reichstag votes.

Initially a musician who achieved artistic and commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s, he has been called " the Netherlands ' greatest and only rock ' n ' roll star ," later in life he became a well-known painter.

Initially, civil aviation schools within Germany were used, yet only light trainers could be used in order to maintain the façade that the trainees were going to fly with civil airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Initially consisting only of males, it grew to include females after the Buddha's stepmother, Mahaprajapati, asked for and received permission to live as an ordained practitioner.

Initially, only Claris ' Spring Valley and Elliot's Splash Garden are available, and successful completion of one of these unlocks the next level in that child's path.

Initially the NeXT Computer was targeted at US higher education establishments only, with a base price of $ 6, 500.

Initially, the ( AES ) home system was only available for rent to commercial establishments, such as hotel chains, bars and restaurants, and other venues.

This is obtained as follows: Initially, the only matching clause-head for the query is the first one, so proving the query is equivalent to proving the body of that clause with the appropriate variable bindings in place, i. e., the conjunction.

Initially, PLCs had only discrete I / O.

Initially due to be released on only two mobile phones, the Samsung Nexus ( for which it was to be an embedded game ) and the LG VX360.

Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and Majel Barrett.

Initially, only a handful of wounded people were found at the site, and in the weeks that followed it became evident that there weren't any survivors to be found.

Initially, this day was celebrated only in Salvador, but eventually it turned into a national holiday.

Initially, treatment is similar to that for patients with thermal burns, and continued care can only be supportive ( e. g. intravenous fluids and nasogastric or parenteral feeding ) and symptomatic ( e. g., analgesic mouth rinse for mouth ulcer ).

Initially signifying only a small coalition of Tiele tribes in Northern China, Mongolia, and the Altay Mountains, it later denoted citizenship in the Uyghur Khaganate.

Initially, only a few dozen students attended classes at the university.

Initially planned for 29 and then 12, only three were built at a cost of over $ 2. 5 billion each.

Initially extending the offer only to Buckingham, Fleetwood later included Nicks in the offer when Buckingham insisted that he and Nicks were " a package deal ".

Initially, the castle was reconstructed only to a height of two storeys.