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, she encountered similar problems as she had experienced at Blake Hall.

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

Initially, the M-19 attracted a degree of attention and sympathy from mainstream Colombians that the FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) had found largely elusive earlier due to extravagant and daring operations, such as stealing a sword that had belonged to Colombia's Independence hero Simon Bolívar.

Initially it was a supporting material publication for White Bear and Red Moon but for its 11th issue, in 1981, it had become the official RuneQuest magazine.

Initially formed to fight against counter-revolutionaries and saboteurs, as well as financial speculators, Cheka had its own classifications.

Initially he sought to avoid the kind of sectarianism he had seen in England.

Initially, the systems brought American stations to viewers in Canada who had no Canadian stations to watch ; broadcast television, though begun late in 1952 in Toronto and Montreal, did not reach a majority of cities until 1954.

Initially the Court took a restrictive view on what consisted of torture, preferring to find that states had inflicted inhuman and degrading treatment.

Initially Sorel had officially been a revisionist of Marxism, but by 1910 announced his abandonment of socialist literature and claimed in 1914, using an aphorism of Benedetto Croce that " socialism is dead " because of the " decomposition of Marxism ".

Initially, little drastic change in government policy had occurred and repressive police actions were limited.

Initially changes in fashion led to a fragmentation of what had previously been very similar styles of dressing across the upper classes of Europe, and the development of distinctive national styles.

Initially a kingdom, the Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC, and would grow steadily over the next several centuries until it had supplanted Greek culture as the dominant Mediterranean civilization.

Initially, Luther and Calvin had mutual respect for each other.

Initially, Germany hoped to transform Poland into a satellite state, but by March 1939 German demands had been rejected by the Poles three times, which led Hitler to decide, with enthusiastic support from Ribbentrop, upon the destruction of Poland as the main German foreign policy goal of 1939.

Initially Britain had supported the anti-communist factions in those countries, but due to its dire economic condition it decided to pull out and in February 1947 requested the U. S. to continue its efforts.

Initially its spread was confined to PARC and a few universities to which Xerox had donated some Altos.

Initially, Henry refused to see Beatrice, but eventually he had her imprisoned in rough conditions ; the young Frederick was treated more appropriately, but he died in Henry's custody nonetheless ( the rumours that he was murdered are baseless ).

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 ).

Initially, of course, it had appeared that the war would be a short one settled in Germany's favor.

Initially, Saturn probably had a tilt closer to that of Jupiter ( 3. 1 °).

Initially, the FBI had three hypotheses regarding who might have been responsible for the bombing.

Initially Eisenhower planned on serving only one term, but as with other decisions he maintained a position of maximum flexibility in case leading Republicans wanted him to run again.

Initially, Ribbentrop planned to emigrate to German East Africa, where he hoped to become a planter.

Initially, the series was planned at thirty-nine episodes, with Yasuhiro Imagawa brought on board to direct.

Initially planned for 29 and then 12, only three were built at a cost of over $ 2. 5 billion each.

Initially believing the film would be shot in Spain, Valentino was upset to learn that the studio planned on shooting on a Hollywood back lot.

Initially another double album was planned, comprising live material from this tour plus new studio tracks, but a single album, Goodbye was released instead with three live tracks taken from their performance at The Forum in Los Angeles on 19 October 1968, and three studio tracks, one written by each of the band members.

" Initially, Lucas had planned for Qui-Gon to have long white hair, but that idea was scrapped and in the film Qui-Gon is depicted as having long brown hair.

Initially an interconnected fluid system was planned, similar to the one that Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton were working on in the mid-1950s at Alvis.

Initially, " what had been planned as an 18-month, $ 25-million renovation with 500 workers, scheduled for a May 2008 reopening with Aida, became a three-year $ 100-million extravaganza with 1, 500 workers including 130 professional architects and engineers.

Initially, Shenmue was planned as a killer application for the beleaguered Sega Saturn.

Initially planned as a once-off, the LiveDVD was updated to the latest package versions in 2011 due to its popularity among new users.

Initially, while the majority of Chartists, under the leadership of Feargus O ' Connor, concentrated on petitioning for Frost, Williams and Jones to be pardoned, significant minorities in Sheffield, East London and Bradford planned their own risings in response.

Initially planned to be demolished in the late 1980s, the non-profit group Save Our Station ( S. O. S.

Initially more villages were planned, but the introduction of cars made fewer but larger villages possible.

Initially, it was suggested that tolling would cease once the original cost of construction plus the accrued interest was repaid – this was done in 1993 and it was planned that tolls would not be levied after May 1995.

Initially, Nintendo planned to package Super Mario Land with the Game Boy, but decided to package Tetris instead at the insistence of Henk Rogers, who convinced Nintendo of America head Minoru Arakawa that a Mario title would only sell the Game Boy to young boys instead of everyone.

Initially expecting a walkover, British XXX Corps planned to reach the British airborne forces within two to three days.

Initially planned for release in August 1996, the album was pushed back to a 1997 release date.

Initially Key had planned Puppy to be a side project while he continued his work in Images, however, when Images in Vogue relocated to Toronto, Key made Skinny Puppy his full-time project.

Initially, he had planned to hand over power to the former director of police, General Roderico Anzueto, whom he felt he could control.

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

Initially more villages were planned, but the introduction of cars made fewer but larger villages possible.

Initially he planned to announce the reason for his decision but under pressure finally agreed to announce that he was retiring on medical advice.

Initially, Rand planned on publishing Anthem as a magazine story or serial, but her agent encouraged her to publish it as a book.