Initially, Pierce was making his own way to these dates, but when he instead used the tour van there was a bad atmosphere between Kember and Pierce.

Initially the Court took a restrictive view on what consisted of torture, preferring to find that states had inflicted inhuman and degrading treatment.

Initially films were mostly shown as a novelty in special venues, but the main methods of exhibition quickly became either as an item on the programmes of variety theatres, or by traveling showman in tent theatres, which they took around the fairs in country towns.

Initially, the mascot took various forms, including that of a helmeted astronaut or " spaceman ", but the eventual choice was a Godzilla-like lizard thought to go well with the name.

Initially allied with the United States, Khan took tough strong action against his political rivals and opponents, using the means of repressive force to curb the uprising of 1969 in East Pakistan, and the civil disorder in West Pakistan.

Initially, whole milk was shipped to the butter factories, and the cream separation took place there.

Initially, the Zytglogge tower marked the western boundary of the city from 1191 until 1256, when the Käfigturm took over this role until 1345, which, in turn, was then succeeded by the Christoffelturm ( located close to today's train station ) until 1622.

Initially, home rule for Wales was not an explicit aim of the new movement ; keeping Wales Welsh-speaking took primacy, with the aim of making Welsh the only official language of Wales.

Initially a refitting base, it became a shipbuilding yard ; from then until the late 19th century, further expansion of the yard took place.

Initially, he continued working in real estate, but later took a promotions job with the sporting goods retailer Mick Simmons Ltd.

Initially, protected areas were recognised on a national scale, differing from country to country until 1933, when an effort to reach an international consensus on the standards and terminology of protected areas took place at the International Conference for the Protection of Fauna and Flora in London.

Initially when the song was a hit, the town received unwanted publicity as many tourists and daytrippers drove through the town, took pictures, and even rolled their windows down to ask locals questions.

Initially dismissed in the music press as a " teeny bob sensation " were Norwegian band a-ha, whose use of guitars and real drums produced an accessible form of synthpop, which, along with a MTV friendly video, took single " Take on Me " ( 1985 ) to number two in the UK and number one in the US.

Initially a joke designed to fill up blank space in the magazine, the weekly strip, detailing the mishaps and madcap ideas and inventions of a terminally idle office boy working at the Spirou offices, took off and became one of Franquin's best-known creations.

Initially, the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) took a hands off approach to VoIP in order to let the service mature and also to facilitate competition in the telephony market.

Initially known as " Front des Petits Peuples " from 1946 to 1960, the group later took the designation " Front de Libération des Hauts plateaux " and joined, with the FLC, the " Front unifié pour la Libération des Races opprimées " ( FULRO ) at some point in the 1960s.

Initially, NME writers themselves were ill at ease with the new regime, with most signing a letter of no confidence in Alan Lewis shortly after he took over.

Initially this took the form of the InterCity 250 project.

Initially, Pakistan took a hard line and refused to select their Packer players, but changed to a more pragmatic approach when WSC signed additional Pakistanis during the off season.

Initially, the canning process was slow and labour-intensive, as each large can had to be hand-made, and took up to six hours to cook, making canned food too expensive for ordinary people.

Initially 7, 000 people took the test.

Initially, Surveyor entered a highly elliptical orbit that took 45 hours to complete.

Initially a royal memorandum, it eventually took on the force of law and was recognized as a statute by King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I.

Initially produced from an office in Forth Lane, near to Newcastle Central station, it moved to the City Road studios when Dickens Press took over publication in 1963.

Initially only 48, 000 strong, the Emperor took advantage of his carefully planned and flexible dispositions to rapidly build up a crushing superiority.

Initially named as one of Walter Mondale's top potential choices for his vice presidential running mate in ' 84, but he took his name out of the running early in the process.

Initially covering a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing and board games, particularly the role playing games ( Advanced ) Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest and Traveller ( which were all published by other games companies ), the magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s and is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop, mainly the core systems of Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40, 000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Initially introduced on their 27, 32 and 36 inch models in 1998, the new tubes were offered in a variety of resolutions for different uses.

Initially Schaumburg-Lippe's position was somewhat precarious: it had to share a wide variety of institutions and facilities with the County of Schaumburg ( which belonged to Hesse-Kassel ), including the representative assembly and the highly productive Bückeberg mines, and the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel retained some feudal rights over it.

Initially, the former Parliament House was used for a variety of purposes, including being used as a military garrison and an art gallery.

" Initially, Scout neckerchiefs were tied with a variety of knots, but the use of a " woggle " or slide, originated in the United States in the early 1920s and quickly spread around the Scouting world.

Initially, he could not paint or draw, so he instead used a wide variety of media, including collage, decoupage, drawing, painting, toys, household items and even a reproduction of a Michelangelo fresco.

Initially, it used a special token, which was later replaced by the standard variety for subways and buses.

Initially, these printers were limited to glossy papers, but the IRIS Graphics printer allowed the use of a variety of papers that included traditional and non-traditional media.

Initially built for the 1998 Commonwealth Games, when it hosted the opening / closing ceremonies and the athletics competitions, the stadium is now used for a variety of events, most recently being one of the venues for the AFC Asian Cup 2007.

Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the music and variety television series Bandstand.

Initially two different mortars were fielded before they were replaced by a variety of rocket launchers ranging in size from.

Initially used by light cavalry, with time it also evolved into a variety of arms used both for martial and ceremonial purposes.

Initially very popular, this variety has been quietly discontinued.

Initially, they were playing a variety of bluegrass music that evolved to the rockabilly sounds.

Initially Hebden played guitar, Ilhan bass, and Jeffers drums, but Hebden and Ilhan soon adopted a variety of other instruments, and by 1999's Eph the sampler was playing an increasingly important role in the group's music.