Initially only worn in the summer at home, the shoe grew in popularity in America to become a significant part of men's casual shoe wardrobe ; in Europe the style has never reached the same degree of ubiquity.

Initially working as a " clicker " in a shoe factory in Northampton, he moved to Bristol where he completed a Physical Education degree.

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

Initially with four anchor stores — two Birmingham-based chains, Parisian and Pizitz — along with Atlanta-based Rich's and national retailer J. C. Penney.

Initially a regional office products retailer with 11 employees located in one small building, the company quickly established a program of strategic procurement solutions as an important industry innovation.

Initially a joke, the company was incorporated after the show expanded from a single station to national syndication.

Initially the company manufactured machine tools, sewing machine parts, gauges and other precision parts, but this changed in 1956 when the company proposed the G3 automatic rifle for the Bundeswehr ( German Federal Army ).

Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting, but did not build any cars under its own name.

Initially directed toward the amateur market, Kodak hired Willard Beech Cook from his 28 mm Pathescope of America company to create the new 16 mm Kodascope Library.

Initially he produced high quality coloring crayons through Wadsworth, Howland & Co. as early as 1906 and then later through his own company Binney & Smith purchased the Munsell Color Company crayon product line in 1926 and inherited 22 new colors, 11 in the maximum and 11 in the middle hue ranges.

Initially producing the AS4 Ferry, a three engined, ten passenger biplane, the company went on to concentrate on transport monoplanes.

Initially, the company invested resources in " Baen's Bar ", its online community service that provides a forum for customers, authors and editors to interact, beginning as a BBS.

Initially, eBay assured Craigslist that they would not ask the company to change the way it does business.

Initially, Kate lived at the exchange building until the phone company became incorporated.

Initially they were signed to a management company who then leased their recordings to Decca.

Initially successful, the company failed after the debut of its mechanically troubled Facellia model.

Initially, HKT owner Cable & Wireless entertained a bid from Singapore Telecommunications, but there was Beijing concern about a Singapore company owning the largest Hong Kong telephone system.

Initially, the company had planned for the plane to replace the locks, rather than having it act as a second, faster option.

Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the JNR Settlement Corporation ( JNRSC ), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among the new JR companies.

Initially ignored by the state media, bards like Vladimir Vysotsky, Bulat Okudzhava, Alexander Galich gained so much popularity that they finished being distributed by the state owned Melodiya record company.

Initially, the new company focussed on the development potential of the CS-2's processor interconnect technology.

Initially, it was named the Miami Device by Wahl, but in the end the company wanted to avoid a trademark infringement lawsuit.

Initially, the company planned to divide the trams into 3 classes, but subsequently only the first and the third class were chosen for ease of operation.

Initially, The Mergenthaler Linotype Company was the only company producing linecasting machines, but around 1914 a linecasting machine would be produced by the competition-The Intertype Company-using the same matrices as the Linotype, only where Mergenthaler prided themselves on intricately formed cast-iron parts on their machine, Intertype machined many of their similar parts from steel and aluminum.

Initially posted to 77th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Manhattan Beach, California, Hackworth was eventually assigned to Germany, initially in staff roles but returning to infantry in the early 1960s as an Infantry company commander under Colonel Glover S. Johns, and learned a great deal of the skills that were needed to be an effective officer from this veteran.

Initially the company was at the forefront of technical achievements and innovation.

Initially written by Jean Marc Brun and Michel The ' ron at Laboratoire d ' informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l ' ingénieur ( LIMSI ) for modelling fluid flow, they founded their own company, Datavision in 1979 and then sold a controlling interest in 1980 to the French company Matra Datavision.

Initially four girls, today there are sixty.

Initially, its expense restricted it to wealthy consumers, but the price gradually dropped, until the 19th century, when tea became as widely consumed as it is today.

Initially, the water supply was two springs on nearby Buzzard Roost Mountain, but today Clayton uses Lake Rabun as its water supply.

Initially disliked by many Elevators fans, it has found a substantial fan-base today, with some even rating it the band's best LP.

Initially only offering dial-in services via modem and ISDN today it offers dial-up access as well as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL ) and fiber-optic ( FTTH ) services as well as mobile internet.

Initially, the waltz was significantly different from its form today.

Initially competing against Agro's Cartoon Connection on the Seven Network, the ' hipper ' look and ( then ) younger youth hosts, not to mention a larger focus on showing cartoons, allowed Ten to take the early morning children's TV crown off Seven, a situation that continues today ( Seven eventually opting to focus on adult breakfast television instead ).

Initially, all commercial flights used the original terminal building ( a pre-fabricated shed ), which was situated to the North of the runway, at what is today the military part of the airport.

Initially built in Romanesque style, the first buildings were replaced at the end of the 12th century by those visible today.

Initially, it was a school for boy choristers to the Washington National Cathedral, a program that the school continues today.

Initially operating two Cherokee aircraft today the fleet consists of two Piper Warriors painted in pseudo -" training black " ( actually dark blue ) to enhance visibility in line with RAF training aircraft policies.

Initially there was no name change, and the club won the Isthmian League that season ; they were due to be promoted to what is today known as the Conference National, but were denied due to ground problems, as the Green Pond Road ground at Walthamstow had already been sold to developers so was not worth upgrading.

Initially consisting of nine European countries and three others, today the WDC has become the leading authority on professional dance competitions, with members in numerous countries throughout the world.

Initially known as the Minnesota Field House ( another building has that name today ), Williams Arena was constructed in the 1920s and opened in 1928.

Initially there were possibly fifty simple habitations sited where the Oldtown is situated today.

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 housed at 251 Laurier West in Ottawa, the national office is now at 75 Albert St. From modest beginnings, an operating budget of $ 125, 000, and a full-time staff of two, the CCPA began to grow in the late 1980s until today it has a multi-million dollar budget and a staff of over 20.

Initially this move was very unpopular among many members, but today all chapters initiate females.

Initially the means of power was supplied to the tramcars by pairs of Hopkinson bow collectors ( still employed on the Snaefell Mountain Railway today, owing to its dependability in strong winds on the mountain ) but by the turn of the 20th century cars were fitted with trolley poles, the method still employed today.

Initially, the song was composed as a Greek tsifteteli dance, in the rebetiko style of music, at a slower tempo and a different key than the orientalized performances that most are familiar with today.

Initially, the Čakavian dialect covered a much wider area than today including about 2 / 3 of medieval Croatia: the major part of central and southern Croatia southwards of Kupa and westwards of Una river, as well as western and southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Initially, the plan had called for the main entrance of the building to be located on the south west corner, but boundary changes to land on which it was to be built, meant that building model was significantly revised to give it the symmetrical look it has today.

Initially, he made miniature versions of the houses and furniture as he worked on as a carpenter, but in 1947 moved onto using plastics, which were originally small plastic bears and rattles unlike the bricks we are accustomed to today.