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

Initially copying wooden construction traditions with a frame over which the hull was fastened, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Britain of 1843 was the first radical new design, being built entirely of wrought iron.

Initially, the Great Depression caused RCA to cut costs, but Zworykin's project was protected.

Initially, Six Flags parks would prepare separate marketing campaigns for each park, sometimes with special themes ( like the 25th anniversary of Six Flags Great America and the 35th anniversary of Six Flags Over Georgia in 2002 ).

Initially, it was announced that she would portray Catherine the Great in a movie about the Russian empress by Dino De Laurentiis, but that project fell through.

Initially, while Iran was very wary of British and Russian colonial interests during the Great Game, the United States was seen as a more trustworthy Western power, and the Americans Arthur Millspaugh and Morgan Shuster were even appointed treasurers-general by the Shahs of the time.

Initially Kertész took on commissioned work for several European magazines, gaining publication of his work in Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain.

Initially having household and governmental duties, later some of these officers split into two counterparts in the Great Officer of the State and the royal household, or where superseded by new officers or absorbed by existing officers.

Initially, the album artist was given as Great Speckled Bird but later copies had a sticker saying that it featured the duo.

Initially built by Constantine the Great, the walls surrounded the new city on all sides, protecting it against attack from both sea and land.

Initially the area was a part of Great Moravia.

Initially named the Reval Governorate after the city of Reval, today known as Tallinn, it was created in 1719 out of territories conquered from Sweden in the Great Northern War.

Initially it was known as the University of Lithuania, but in 1930 the university was renamed to Vytautas Magnus University, commemorating 500 years of death of Vytautas the Great, the Lithuanian ruler, well known for the nation's greatest historical expansion in the 15th century.

Initially, the diversion supported forestry development and hydroelectric development further downstream on the Great Lakes at Niagara Falls ; no hydroelectric development on the watercourses on the diversion project was practical initially.

Initially, nine locks were used in a temporary arrangement to lower and raise the canal for the crossing of the River Great Ouse at Wolverton at the river's water level.

Initially Gesalec was supported by the powerful Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great, but this support eventually faded.

Initially, the Russian high command was not up to the challenge of the Great War.

Initially, Hitler wanted to make a deal with Great Britain in which the British Empire would be given a free hand over the oceans of the world and Germany would be given a free hand in Europe.

Initially a journalist, he joined ITN in 1963, covering such topics as the Great Train Robbery, Vietnam, Ireland, the Munich Olympics massacre, Germany's Red Army, Italy's Red Brigades and Palestinian militant groups.

Initially, in the government preferred English-speaking settlers from Eastern Canada or Great Britain and to a lesser extent, the United States.

Initially, the Mohawk rejected the message of the Great Peacemaker, so he decided to perform a feat to demonstrate his purity and spiritual power.

Initially signed with Profile Records, Camp Lo made their first appearance in 1996 on The Great White Hype soundtrack, with their single, " Coolie High ".

Initially called Joseph Lucas & Son from 1882 it was based in Little King Street, later Great King Street Birmingham.

Initially, the United States Army Air Corps 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command ( later Air Transport Command ) at Great Falls Army Airfield was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to Russia though northwestern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the Eastern Front.

Initially Britain had supported the anti-communist factions in those countries, but due to its dire economic condition it decided to pull out and in February 1947 requested the U. S. to continue its efforts.

Initially, Britain and Israel collaborated to develop the United Kingdom's Chieftain tank that had entered British Army service in 1966.

Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Britain.

Initially they intended to produce the Zephyr, using expensive dies they would need to purchase from Ford of Britain.

Initially confirmed for only 13 instalments, the series lasted nearly 58 years and gathered an enormous audience, being broadcast not only in Britain and in many other Commonwealth countries, but throughout the world by the BBC World Service.

Initially, it was argued that Ogdensburg Agreement involved Canada abandoning Britain in favour of the United States on matters of defense.

" Initially busking and performing live in clubs, with McDermott writing the majority of their material and songs, DAAS achieved success at the 1986 Adelaide Fringe Festival and subsequently travelled to Britain for the Edinburgh Fringe festival, where they were nominated for the Perrier Award.

Initially, Virgin Mobile in the UK used the network coverage of Mobile Operator T-Mobile and have been doing so since their establishment, however, following the merger of T-Mobile and Orange UK to form the brand " Everything Everywhere " in Britain, customers could begin to take advantage of Orange's broadcasting signals in addition to those of T-Mobile from Autumn 2011.

Initially, Royal Navy ships were to shadow and question Beira-bound tankers, and were only allowed to forcibly divert a tanker away after Britain obtained permission from its flag state.

Initially, Clément-Bayard cars were imported to Britain under the Talbot brand.

Initially the postage stamps of Britain were used ; in July 1892 they were overprinted with " BRITISH / PROTECTORATE / OIL / RIVERS ".

Initially, the DC-4 was deployed on flights to Europe, as well as on chartered flights for third party companies, for example from Britain to South America.

Initially the camp served as a place of internment of several thousands of soldiers and NCOs from Poland, France, Britain, Yugoslavia and Belgium.

Initially the party drew political inspiration from the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Initially only Great Britain and the United States took part but, in later years, many other teams also participated.

Initially issued on CD on 30 July 1991 in America and 19 August in Britain, with significant editing of the breaks between songs, The Concert for Bangladesh was remastered and re-released on 24 October 2005, now with the addition of Dylan's afternoon-show performance of " Love Minus Zero / No Limit " as a bonus track.

Initially staying out of the electoral arena, Hargrave was impressed by the success of the Social Credit Party of Alberta ( Canada ), and reconstituted the Greenshirts as the Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1935.

Initially they had been destined to join the rest of the 2nd New Zealand Division in the Middle East, but due to concerns about a possible invasion of the United Kingdom by the German Wehrmacht, the decision was made to divert the division's second echelon, a brigade-sized force that included the 28th ( Māori ) Battalion, to Britain to help bolster the island's defences.