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 a passionate supporter of Parnell, he became disenchanted with his leader after the first clash occurred in 1886 when Healy opposed Parnell's party nomination of Captain William O ’ Shea to stand for Galway City.

Initially a supporter of democracy, Pétion found the constraints imposed on him by the senate onerous and suspended the legislature in 1818.

Initially he was a follower of George Grenville's faction but he increasingly lined up as a supporter of Lord North and, in 1769, he made this alliance formal.

Initially a supporter of Mark Antony, Hirtius was successfully lobbied by Cicero ( who was a personal friend ) and switched his allegiance to the senatorial party.

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 a Whig, an adherent of Edmund Burke and an active supporter of Charles James Fox against William Pitt the Younger in the debates over the East India Company, he was one of the managers of the Impeachment of Warren Hastings.

Initially a supporter of Andrew Jackson, Harding attempted to simultaneously support Jackson while also defending the directors of the Bank of the United States, which Jackson fiercely opposed.

Initially a loyal supporter of Adolf Hitler, he took part in the Beer Hall Putsch and held a number of high positions in the Nazi Party.

Initially, Alphonse had an influential supporter for his position through his long friendship with statesman Léon Say, a former employee of the Rothschild's Northern Railway Company who became the Minister of Finance in 1872.

Initially a strong supporter of Prohibition, his attitude changed when the police received an anonymous tip and raided his house in search of liquor.

Initially conciliatory toward the secessionists, he was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln's efforts to restore the union during the American Civil War.

Initially a supporter of Lyndon B. Johnson's programs, Ribicoff eventually turned against the Vietnam War and the president's management of it, believing that it drained badly needed resources away from domestic programs.

Initially regarded as a supporter of youth and the arts ( he had tried to book John Lennon for a concert in 1970 ), Doern eventually became associated with the more conservative wing of the NDP.

Initially a staunch supporter of Zanu-PF policies, in later years he criticized Robert Mugabe's autocratic rule.

Initially an ardent supporter of Democrat Andrew Jackson he later later became a member of the Whig Party.

Initially a supporter of Sun Yat-sen, by early 1939 he had embraced communism.

Initially a supporter of the existing political and social system in Hungary, Károlyi gradually became more progressive and left-wing during his career.

Initially a supporter of the dominant National Salvation Front, it adopted a controversial position, being much criticized for producing populist and radical nationalist messages and for supporting the violent Mineriad of 1990.

Initially he was a supporter of the Second Vatican Council.

Initially a supporter of the project, after examining project documentation, Chalandon was forced to admit that there was not a single usable result from the tests.

Initially a supporter of Ottomanism and the Young Turks, from 1916 on he moved towards Arabism.

Initially U. S. land units were split between those who came under the operational command of the India Command under General Sir Archibald Wavell, as the Commander-in-Chief in India, and those in China, which ( technically at least ) were commanded by Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, as the Supreme Allied Commander in China.

Initially, he wandered through the Mae Rim district of Chiang Dao mountain range, staying in the forested mountains there through both the dry and the monsoon seasons that year.

Initially, Arafat's medical records were withheld by senior Palestinian officials, and Arafat's wife refused an autopsy.

Initially, for his first year under Leschetizky, he was given rigorous preparatory technical tuition from Anna Yesipova ( Leschetizky ’ s second wife and a famous pianist in her own right ) and also from Malwine Bree who was Leschetizky's assistant.

Initially, he favoured Millais, who travelled to Scotland in the summer of 1853 with Ruskin and Ruskin's wife, Effie, to paint Ruskin's portrait.

Initially educated in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1860 Gustav Fabergé, together with his wife and children retired to Dresden, leaving the business in the hands of capable and trusted Peter Carl ; he possibly undertook a course at the Dresden Arts and Crafts School.

Initially, he started a selection process of eligible noble young ladies ( after declaring, in accordance with ancient customs, that Emperor Ping would have one wife and 11 concubines ).

Initially attracted by Communism, Muggeridge and his wife travelled to Moscow in 1932, where he was to be a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, standing in for William Chamberlin, who was about to take leave of absence.

Initially Marlowe refuses, but after Wade's wife, Eileen, also asks for Marlowe's help, he consents.

Initially the ideas of Scouting were implemented by Andrzej Małkowski and his wife Olga.

Initially reluctant, Kimball accepted the responsibility and married a second wife, Sarah Noon.

Initially a lukewarm member of the Polish Reformed Church, under the influence of Jesuits and his first wife he converted from Calvinism to Catholicism.

Initially a trio of O ' Hare, his ( now ex ) wife Cerwyss ( bass ) and Russell McEwan ( drums-left to concentrate on his other band, Black Sun ), they were latterly a quartet adding Keith Beacom ( drums ) and Gordon Brady ( guitar ), both of whom were former members of heavy psyche outfit Bangtwister.

Initially a lukewarm Calvinist and a member of the Polish Reformed Church, in the late 1570s he converted to Catholicism, with his wife and children following him a few years later.

Initially proposed by Wick and his wife Jennifer, the game was intended to be self-contained, but quickly evolved into a much larger project.

Initially, Bagdasarian and his wife portrayed Alvin, Simon and Theodore in the film, but were replaced at the studio's insistence with younger actors Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney respectively ( However, Bagdasarian Jr. does provide Alvin's singing voice.

Initially both Welds planned for Angelina to remain active in the abolitionist movement, but the time demands of running a home and being a wife and mother forced Angelina to retire from public life.

Initially, Parker and his wife were intimidated by the occasional bomb attacks in the city, but they soon settled in and Parker was able to focus on his basketball career.

Initially, the merchant was reluctant in giving away the icon and took four instances until the second merchant confided to his wife about the icon.

Initially, Emperor Wu's love for her was so great that he bragged that he would build a golden house for her, inspiring the Chinese idiom " putting Jiao in a golden house " ( 金屋藏嬌 ), which, however, later became a term for keeping a mistress rather than a wife.

Initially, Henshaw and his wife suffer no ill effects from the radiation ( though Hank's hair turns white ), and the crew travels to Metropolis in the hopes of using LexCorp facilities to cure their mutated crew mates.

* Liza Fong ( 方健平, portrayed by Liza Wang ): Initially wife of David Fok, but later divorced him upon learning that he is cheating on her with her best friend, Sabrina.

Initially employed in commerce, Mulsant wrote writes Lettres à Julie sur l ' entomologie, suivies d ' une description méthodique de la plus grande partie des insectes de France, ornées de planches … ( Letters to Julie on entomology, followed by a methodical description of the greatest part of the insects of France with, decorated plates ...,) dedicated to his future wife, Julie Ronchivole.

Initially Hutchings formed the band in April 1971 to accompany his then wife the singer Shirley Collins on her No Roses album.

Initially, Napoleon did not wish to allow them to marry, however, his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais persuaded him to change his mind.

Initially, Francesa reported that both he and Russo would host the radiothon in lieu of Imus ; however, this plan was soon amended to allow Imus ' wife Deidre Imus, and Charles McCord to host instead.