Initially, Stalin directed systems in the Eastern Bloc countries that rejected Western institutional characteristics of market economies, democratic governance ( dubbed " bourgeois democracy " in Soviet parlance ) and the rule of law subduing discretional intervention by the state.

Initially, the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin rejected Kim's requests for permission to invade the South, but in late 1949 the Communist victory in China and the development of Soviet nuclear weapons made him re-consider Kim's proposal.

Initially a supporter of Joseph Stalin after Vladimir Lenin's death, he came to oppose a large number of Stalin's policies and was one of Stalin's most prominent victims during the " Moscow Trials " and purges of the Old Bolsheviks in the late 1930s.

Initially, Stalin directed systems that rejected Western institutional characteristics of market economies, democratic governance ( dubbed " bourgeois democracy " in Soviet parlance ) and the rule of law subduing discretional intervention by the state.

Initially siding with the Eastern bloc under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito at the beginning of the Cold War, Yugoslavia pursued a policy of neutrality after the Tito – Stalin split of 1948, and became one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Initially a personal favourite of Stalin, Tito led the left-wing opposition to the Nazi occupation during the war, then met with the Soviet leadership several times immediately after the war to negotiate the future of Yugoslavia.

Initially the Yugoslav communists, despite the break with Stalin, remained as hard line as before but soon began to pursue a policy of independent socialism that experimented with self-management of workers in state-run enterprises.

Initially Waspinator was to die at the beginning of season two but because people enjoyed Waspinator as comic relief, the creators decided to kill off Terrorsaur instead.

Initially, she kills Spike, Wesley, Lorne, and Angel in a confrontation, interpreting their actions as an attempt to kill her, but, during her time jumps, she drags an earlier version of Angel into the present, revealing what just took place before she detonates, potentially causing enough destruction to wipe out the continent.

Initially James joined only to kill Professor Xavier, whom he held responsible for his brother's death, but he avoids John's fate in the mainstream comics and finally acknowledges that his brother laid down his life in order to save others, joining the new X-Men team afterwards.

Initially, Zephiris merely give the Cassulls vital information about assassins sent to kill Pacifica, but later, it seems as if she has a hidden agenda.

Initially underestimating Shiva, Batman soon learns that her skills are such that she could kill him, and begins to fight in earnest.

Initially, Emperor Wu did not take Hou's rebellion seriously, and he made the comment, " I can break off a tree branch and kill him with it.

Initially a group of ten, six of the Tunnelers were killed when the Marauders were sent to kill the Morlocks.

Initially, Gerhardt directed his vigilante campaign at violent criminals, garnering some praise from the public, but his anger at abuse and neglect in general led him to kill drug-addicted negligent mothers and even their ( albeit violent ) children in a series of escalating massacres.

Initially, Plan E government in Worcester was organized as a 9-member council ( all at-large ), a ceremonial mayor elected from the council by the councilors, and a council-appointed city manager.

Initially it was called the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia.

Initially these plans were unpopular and unsupported by the Ministry of Transport, but nevertheless the scheme was added to the Road Plan in 1963.

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, 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 ).