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 members of the Frankfurt School were positively disposed to Heidegger, becoming more critical at the beginning of the 1930s.

Initially published from 1970 to 1973 by the magazine Pif gadget, it brought him much popular and critical success.

Initially outlined by Max Horkheimer in his Traditional and Critical Theory ( 1937 ), critical theory may be defined as a self-conscious social critique that is aimed at change and emancipation through enlightenment, and does not cling dogmatically to its own doctrinal assumptions.

Initially higly critical of the calling of the second Lambeth Conference ( 1878 ) he was won over by the experience, writing in his biography that, ' I feel I have learned much from the Pananglican and I see, too, that it is really an institution which will root itself and will ... exercise a powerful influence in the future of the Anglican Communion.

Initially, the system is symmetric with respect to the diameter, yet after passing the critical velocity, the bead ends up in one of the two new equilibrium points, thus breaking the symmetry.

Initially he was very critical of the U. S .- led invasion of Iraq, saying " we do not put confidence in the Americans, they have always acted against the interests of the Iraqi people " and urging Iraqis not to follow the US administration's dictates.

Initially critical of Cristiano Ronaldo, he said on RTÉ after the Manchester United-S. L.

Initially regarded by the critical cognoscenti and ' hip ' music-lovers of the day as strictly an easy-listening chart hit, Alpert's unusually expressive recording of " This Guy's in Love with You " now enjoys appeal well beyond the so-called mainstream.

Initially regarded as one of the hottest scripts in Hollywood, the movie had a troubled production and was finally given a limited theatrical release of only five theaters for one week, and was met with poor critical reviews ; but the film has grossed about $ 50 million in domestic video sales and ultimately developed a large cult following.

Initially, Hatch ( who claimed to have remortgaged his house to make the trailer ) was bitterly disappointed by this turn of events and was highly critical of the prospective new series on his web site.

Initially, the film fared moderately on a critical level and poorly on a commercial level, but has since garnered a cult status ( the youngsters in the film being typically Generation X material ).

Initially, the critical reception was positive, as seen in the review by The New York Times's Olin Downes.

Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese association for plastic arts and a platform for the creation and exchange of artistic practices. It was founded by Christine Tohme, Marwan Rechmaoui, Rania Tabbara, Mustapha Yamout and Leila Mroueh Initially, Ashkal Alwan promoted and introduced the work of artists who have been engaged in critical art practices within the context of post-war Lebanon.

Initially, he had a favourable opinion of the reforms of the Emperor Joseph II, but he was critical of his centralist policies as well as of his neglection of the various regional languages in the Habsburg Empire.

Initially, most of the company's films were mostly critically panned, however recently their films have garner critical acclaim, including RocknRolla, Orphan, Splice and Unknown.

Initially a part-time band, performing weekends and school holidays ( two members were teachers ), it was only after they released their second album, Virgin Ground ( late 1980 ), to strong sales and critical acclaim, that the group became full-time and started touring nationally.

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 intended as tools to bolster the Soviet economy, the policies of perestroika and glasnost soon led to unintended consequences.

Initially this meant the construction of three zones of occupation, i. e., American, British, and Soviet.

Initially governed in four sectors controlled by the four Allied powers ( United States, United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union ), tensions of the Cold War escalated until the Soviet forces implemented the Berlin Blockade, which the Western allies relieved with the dramatic airlift.

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, the program focused on large scale systems designed to defeat a Soviet offensive strike.

Initially very popular for his reforms and seeking a " Polish way to socialism ", and beginning an era known as Gomułka's thaw, he came under Soviet pressure.

Initially the groupe comprised a group of French fighter pilots sent to aid Soviet forces on the Eastern Front at the suggestion of Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, who felt it important that French servicemen serve on all fronts in the war.

Initially, Ceaușescu became a popular figure in Romania and also in the Western World, due to his independent foreign policy, challenging the authority of the Soviet Union.

Initially, Zaire's relationship with the People's Republic of China was no better than its relationship with the Soviet Union.

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, the T-80 was confused with the Soviet T-72 by some Western analysts, but the T-80 and T-72 are mechanically very different.

Initially the Germans advanced with great ease and nearly captured Moscow, also laying siege to Leningrad, but soon found themselves fighting the harsh Russian winter as well as stiffer Soviet resistance, and their advance ground to a halt at Stalingrad in early 1943.

Initially his command covered India and Iraq so that within a month of taking charge he launched Iraqforce to invade Persia in co-operation with the Russians in order to secure the oilfields and secure lines of communication to the Soviet Union.

Initially the NSG had seven members: Canada, West Germany, France, Japan, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Initially, the Far Eastern Republic comprised only the area around Verkhne-Udinsk, but during the Summer of 1920, the Soviet government of the Amur territory agreed to join.

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 supportive of that country's Bolshevik revolution, Berkman quickly voiced his opposition to the Soviet use of violence and the repression of independent voices.

Initially imprisoned in Butyrki prison in Moscow, he was not released following the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement as the Soviet authorities argued that he was not a Pole but rather a Swiss citizen and hence the Amnesty for Polish citizens in the Soviet Union did not apply to him.

Initially, the Soviet forces conducted a strategic defence of the Moscow Oblast by constructing three defensive belts, and deploying newly raised reserve armies as well as bringing troops from the Siberian and Far Eastern Military Districts.

Initially the militia headed by Voskoboinik numbered no more than 200 men and was confined to assisting the Germans in conducting their different activities, including numerous murders of the civil population, loyal or accused of loyalty to the Soviet authorities or to Soviet partisans.

Initially, the government offered direct financial assistance, with $ 5 million provided in seed and grain relief by the end of 1922.

Initially, prisoners were transferred to Cockatoo Island from Norfolk Island, and were employed constructing their barracks and rock-cut silos for storing the colony's grain supply.

Initially traffic — primarily steamboats, tugs, and barges carrying primarily lumber, coal, and grain — was sufficient for operations.

Initially dealing in timber, it later traded in grain and provided berthing facilities for passenger ships on North American routes.