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 U. S. President Eisenhower was not surprised by " Sputnik.

Initially, it was unclear whether the Vice President actually became the new President or merely an acting President.

Initially denying the existence of a so-called " Category I " admissions program, university President B. Joseph " Joe " White and Chancellor Richard Herman later admitted that there were instances of preferential treatment.

Initially, the basic policies outlined by President Kennedy in a message to Congress on March 28, 1961, guided McNamara in the reorientation of the defense program.

Initially, President Eisenhower was worried that a satellite passing above a nation at over, might be construed as violating that nation's sovereign airspace.

Initially, the program lost audience from Swayze's program, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower let it be known that he was displeased by the switch.

Initially, as the Irish senate had not been constituted and elected, the seat on the Presidential Commission intended for the Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann was filled by the President of the High Court under the Transitory Provisions of the Constitution.

Initially, the hijackers were granted safe passage to Tunisia, but U. S. President Ronald Reagan ordered a U. S. fighter plane to force the get-away plane to land at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Italy.

Initially the President of the Board of Trade, she was later the Leader of the House of Commons and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Initially known as " Mysterious Yokum " ( there was even an Ideal doll marketed under this name ) due to a debate regarding his gender ( he was stuck in a pants-shaped stovepipe for the first six weeks ), he was renamed " Honest Abe " ( after President Abraham Lincoln ) to thwart his early tendency to steal.

Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers (), when the term " Government " included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers ( Consiliul de Miniştri ).

Initially, the White House claimed to have fired Ruckelshaus, but as The Washington Post article written the next day pointed out, " The letter from the President to Bork also said Ruckelshaus resigned.

Initially, as commander of the army, Walker ruled Nicaragua through provisional President Patricio Rivas.

Initially tolerated by the newly installed President Karimov, Adolat became increasingly assertive, culminating in a demand that Karimov impose Sharia throughout Uzbekistan.

Initially Mexico closes its US border, but President Blake negotiates to open the border.

Initially rejected by Warner Brothers, Senat showed the project to the President of Time Warner International Broadcasting, Tom McGrath, himself a former classical musician and conductor.

Initially Brigham Young, President of the Church, intended to apply for status as a territory, and sent John Milton Bernhisel eastward to Washington, D. C. with the petition for territorial status.

Initially it was styled as President.

Initially, the US saw neither political nor economic threat from President Árbenz Guzmán, because he appeared to have “ no real sympathy for the lower classes ”.

Initially the editor of the Batman titles, Giordano was named the company's new managing editor in 1981, and promoted to Vice President / Executive Editor in 1983 ( a position he held until 1993 ).

Initially opposed to secession, he travelled to Washington, D. C. to meet with President Lincoln.

Initially leading in the polls, Soong narrowly lost the election with 36. 84 % of the vote to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party with 39. 3 %.

Initially, Chen stated that Soong was to deliver a secret message to the PRC leadership, but Soong denied this.

Initially, Yuan Shu promised to appoint Sun Ce the governor of Jiujiang but eventually gave the governorship to Chen Ji.

Initially, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter tried to operate without a chief of staff but both eventually appointed one.

Initially trained as an apostolic notary, he joined the Roman Curia in 1491 and in 1493 Pope Alexander VI appointed him Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano.

Initially appointed, Roby was elected to the position on April 11, 1944, In 1946, Roby was succeeded by A. C. Borland, who served for twenty-two years.

Initially, lord of town and county was a Comes ( Gaugraf ) appointed by the king but through the following centuries the kings passed more and more rights to the bishops.

Initially only Canada and Ontario appointed members to the board as, at that time, natural resources in Manitoba were administered by Canada.

Initially there was much resistance and hostility to the plan from locals, especially when it was revealed that any development would be carried out not by the local council but by a newly appointed government body, the Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation ( later amalgamated with similar bodies to form the Commission for New Towns ).

Initially, he remained Liberal leader and appointed an ally, Gordon Daniel Conant as Premier of the province while Hepburn remained Provincial Treasurer leading many to think that Conant was Premier in name only.

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, he drew Cisalpine Gaul in the lots at the start of his consulship as his proconsular command after his year as consul was done, but he got himself appointed governor of Cilicia after its governor died, so as to also receive the command against Mithridates VI in the Third Mithridatic War.

Initially a close supporter of John Tyndall, he was appointed Spearhead editor by Tyndall and used the magazine to discuss the veracity of the Holocaust.

Initially, Toeplitz was able to retain his position due to an exception for those who had been appointed before 1914, but he was nonetheless dismissed in 1935.

" Initially, all members were in their 30s or early 40s, but that changed before the end of the year when 54-year-old Harold Ballard, president of the Toronto Marlboros, was appointed to the committee to fill a vacancy.

Initially appointed on a temporary basis alongside Neville Southall to replace Bobby Gould, Hughes had soon done enough to earn himself a long-term contract, with Southall soon leaving the set-up.

Initially in private practice, he soon was appointed the Assistant Attorney General of the State of Washington, in the Civil Rights Division and served in that capacity from 1957-1962.

Initially he was appointed Deputy Dock Surveyor to John Foster Jr.

Initially, upon news that Ceauşescu had been appointed general secretary, he considered renouncing his political career and focus on an office at the University, before being persuaded by Emil Bodnăraş to remain an activist.

Initially, the club was formed by students of the Universidad de Chile and was the sport brand of the university until 1980 when the university's rector and president of the club at the time ( both of them appointed by the Pinochet dictatorship ) decided to separate the club from the university and created the CORFUCH to manage the football team.

Initially elected by that regimental district's Cossacks, by the 18th century the colonels were appointed by the Hetman.

Initially the Council consisted of 13 " unofficial " members ( those who were not civil servants serving ex officio in the Council ), seven elected and six appointed, to 31 members, 24 of whom were elected.

Initially appointed Cecil Bernstein's assistant, Halliwell's reputation for vast cinema knowledge led to him gaining the role of Film Adviser to Granada's show Cinema, which was the most popular arts programme on television during the 1960s.

Initially he worked as Acting Inspector under the Chief Commissioner William Henry Fancourt Mitchell in the Parish of Jika Jika in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, but on 1 November 1853 he was appointed a magistrate, promoted to Police Inspector, and was posted to Carlsruhe.

Initially he was appointed to an Imperial mansab of 3, 000 zat and 2, 000 sowar and later promoted to 4, 000 zat on his appointment to Bijapur.

Initially Gerhard Graf von Schwerin, a former Wehrmacht General, advised the Chancellor on these issues and led the preparations, but after Count Schwerin had talked to the press about his work, he was replaced by Theodor Blank, who was appointed as " Special Representative " of the Chancellor.

Initially made up of 80 Academicians, 70 who were appointed for life, in 1986 John Paul II raised the number of members for life to 80, side by side with a limited number of Honorary Academicians chosen because they are highly qualified figures, and others who are Academicians because of the posts they hold, including: the Chancellor of the Academy, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, the Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, and the Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives.