Initially, most known exoplanets were massive planets that orbited very close to their parent stars.

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 the ranges were categorized as short or close, medium, and long range.

Initially, most of its members were dissidents within Fatah who had been close to Abu Ali Iyad, the commander of Fatah forces in northern Jordan who continued to fight the Jordanian Army after the PLO leadership withdrew.

Initially, these initiatives were initially not openly opposed by the Prime Minister, but were criticized by the foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel, Drnovšek's former collaborator and close political ally until 2004.

Initially, coarse particles fall out close to source.

Initially, simple servos from radio-controlled aircraft were used to close the electrical circuit and supply power to the detonator.

( 1 ) Initially these proposals were fiercely and successfully resisted but this was only a stay of execution until the Conservative government came to power in 1979 and decided to close three of the colleges.

Initially, Ian Nottingham served as his close and trusted bodyguard, until both Irons ' and Ian's fascination with Sara Pezzini drove a wedge between them.

Initially the SU-152 lacked a machine gun, which was recognized as a severe weakness in urban warfare and other close combat.

Initially criticised as being too close to the waste industry lobby, Jackson managed to unite most of her opponents in support of an ambitious final text which the Council of Ministers only agreed with reluctance.

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, the three latter streets simply connected to Hull Road at close, but slightly different, locations.

Initially, Santander and Bolívar were considered as close friends and allies, but gradually political and ideological differences emerged.

Initially, they were close to the 5 per cent promised by the original Act, but reached 12 per cent in 1839.

Initially a street orphan alongside close friend Seiko, she encountered a young motorcycle hooligan named Yukio and quickly fell for him.

Initially, Voevod was supportive of a plan to federalize the domains of the Habsburgs along the lines of a United States of Greater Austria, and was close to Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Initially the men of the chorus sing short phrases in close harmony, but as their rage grows more intense the music shifts to a busy fugue, punctuated by shouts of derisive laughter.

Initially, in January 1998, Big 105 was musically very close to WLTW but evolved to a Hot AC format by that May similar to what WPLJ was playing at the time.

Initially moving towards the west, and eventually towards the west-northwest, it is possible that the depression could have been close to tropical storm status before turning towards the southwest, west of the southern tip of Baja California.

Initially, coastguard authorities expressed safety fears, saying people could become stuck in soft sand and be cut off by the tide when viewing the statues up close.

Initially they become a close knit group, but as Lucille grows up she comes to dislike their eccentric lifestyle and she moves out.

Initially, the two had been relatively close associates, with Nas featuring in two tracks on 50 Cent's 2002 album Guess Who's Back ?.

Initially, the " tearjerker " ending was not planned, and series creator Seth MacFarlane had intended to close the episode with a series of gags, similar to many other episodes.

Initially they sided with the Girondists, but latter backed the Mountain in executing Louis XVI and inaugurating the Terror.

Initially the White House reaction was that the bitter exchanges with Moscow over Cuba and the conflict in Laos had dampened prospects for a meeting.

Initially, Hamrick's reaction to A-Z going into the passenger car market was discouraging.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Initially it was conceived as a difference engine curved back upon itself, in a generally circular layout, with the long store exiting off to one side.

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 Aster computer b. v. was called MCP ( Music print Computer Product ), because it was specialized in producing computer assisted printing of sheet music.

Initially the work was not well received, due, in part, to the many gaps in arguments and complicated equations.

Initially, it was " Thürer ," meaning doormaker, which is " ajtós " in Hungarian ( from " ajtó ", meaning door ).

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone.

Initially the source was Latin, later Gascon ( a branch of Occitan ) in the northeast, Navarro-Aragonese in the southeast and Spanish in the southwest.

Initially, a wireless room was established at Bletchley Park.

Initially bronze was made out of copper and arsenic to form arsenic bronze.

Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.

Initially his mother was reluctant to let him commit to an insecure football career, so he began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer ; however he went on to turn professional in October 1954.

Initially, ice on the wings was blamed, but a later inquiry declared that slush on the runway had made a safe take-off almost impossible.

Initially he was counting the tempo with a metronome and looking for records with the same tempo.

Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals.

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 the frigate squadron was mistaken for French warships and chased away by Swiftsure, returning the following day once the error had been realised.

Initially it was difficult to obtain a digital satellite or terrestrial receiver without a subscription to Sky or ONdigital respectively, but now the channel forms an important part of the Freeview package of channels.

Initially designed to run on AT & T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc .' s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its then aging Mac OS.