Initially fans protested against SMG, the company who owned the Manchester Evening News Arena as it was perceived that troubles had arisen due to SMG's disinterest in continuing to house the Storm at the Manchester Evening News Arena.

Initially, Robert was abbot of Cîteaux with Albéric serving as prior.

Initially the Buddhist monks reject him, since he is an outsider, but the chief abbot takes mercy on the young man and lets him stay.

) Initially, a key group of software companies used DocBook since their representatives were involved in its initial design.

Initially rejected by the Territorial Assembly, M ' ba allied himself with French representatives in the assembly.

Initially People's Representative Council had 50 representatives from the Republic of Indonesia and 100 from the 15 component parts of the RIS.

Initially, Palatines were representatives of the monarchs, later the vice-regent ( viceroy ).

Initially it included representatives of Socialist Party, People's Party, Labor Party and National Party and the Catholic clergy ( three representatives each ).

Initially, on 1 July 1867, there were four provinces in confederation as " One dominion under the name of Canada ": Canada West ( former Upper Canada, now Ontario ), Canada East ( former Lower Canada, now Quebec ), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

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 successful with annualized returns of over 40 % ( after fees ) in its first years, in 1998 it lost $ 4. 6 billion in less than four months following the Russian financial crisis requiring financial intervention by the Federal Reserve, with the fund liquidating and dissolving in early 2000.

Initially there were five schools: four scientific ( civil engineering, mechanical engineering, mining and metallurgy, and analytical chemistry ) and one of general literature.

Initially four girls, today there are sixty.

Initially, the repatriation airlift was undertaken by four Dakotas.

Initially, the NBA was planning to expand by three teams, with one franchise going to Florida ; however, when both Miami, and Orlando ownership groups made successful pitches, the expansion committee decided to expand by four teams, allowing both to have a franchise.

Initially built with four layers, it later ( 1982 ) evolved into a seven-layer OSI-compliant networking protocol.

Initially conceived for basketball, the BSC was founded in 1963 with six members in four states ; four of the charter members remain, and a fifth will return as a non-football member in 2013.

Initially, the Naskapis lived in tiny shacks that they built for themselves, but by 1962 Indian and Northern Affairs had built 30 houses for them, and a further four were under construction at a cost of 5, 000 $ each.

Initially, the Court of Chancery would not entertain a request to administer an estate as soon as a flaw in the will was discovered, rather leaving it to the ecclesiastical courts, but from 1588 onwards the Court did deal with such requests, in four situations: where it was alleged that there were insufficient assets ; where it was appropriate to force a legatee to give a bond to creditors ( which could not be done in the ecclesiastical courts ); to secure femme covert assets from a husband ; and where the deceased's debts had to be paid before the legacies were valid.

Initially four locomotives were built, all with the word ' silver ' as part of their names, the first being 2509 Silver Link ; the others being 2510 Quicksilver, 2511 Silver King and 2512 Silver Fox.

Initially, a textile trade began developing in the area and it was first mentioned in 1232 in a document, in which one merchant is described as a business partner to William de Bermingham and being in the ownership of four weavers, a smith, a tailor and a purveyor.

Initially the Romans deployed four legions in Syria, one of which, the Legio VI Ferrata, was likely based in Laodicea.

Initially, four VH1 spinoff networks were formed.

Initially the new Act appeared successful: in 1917 there were 5, 151 convictions for all crimes across Alberta, as compared to an annual average of 12, 706 over the preceding four years.

Initially produced by Blackburn himself, the series was later picked up by game publishers Kenzer & Company, who began publication with a second printing of issue four after an error made by Blackburn rendered the first printing nearly unreadable.

Initially, the PEAK program included four modules.

Initially founded as a seminary by a territorial legislative charter in 1859, the school became a four year degree granting institution in 1883.

Initially Grenier had planned to run for governor in 1966, and Martin was poised to oppose John Sparkman, as he had four years earlier against Sparkman's colleague, J. Lister Hill.

Initially, each of these mixed regiments consisted of two batteries with four SU-122s each and four batteries with four SU-76 tank destroyers each.

Initially, both European and Arab traders began sponsoring trips to Gondokoro for ivory.

Initially in support of the Confederacy, soon the community became divided, with the men of Amity leaving to fight in both the Confederate Army and the Union Army.

Initially the town was known as " Spier's Turnout ", but was changed to honor the first Confederate officer to die in battle, Colonel Francis S. Bartow of Savannah, Georgia, who was killed at the Battle of Manassas, Virginia on July 21, 1861.

Initially the Confederate Army had success in their attempts to gain control of New Mexico, but following the Battle of Glorieta Pass Confederate soldiers were forced to retreat.

Initially, Confederate privateers operated primarily from New Orleans, but activity was soon concentrated in the Atlantic as the Union Navy began expanding its operations.

Initially serving under General Walter Gwynn who commanded Norfolk's defenses, William Mahone soon became a prominent officer in the Confederate Army.

Initially without infantry support, McGilvery's " Plum Run line " of fieldpieces was instrumental in halting the final Confederate advance toward the Union center.

Initially the Eternal Alliance was a mutual defense pact between the three cantons, each of which was independently ruled.

Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland, that was a centre for the early Dada movement.

Initially, the canton where the delegates met chaired the gathering, but in the 16th century, Zürich permanently assumed the chair ( Vorort ), and Baden became the sessional seat.

Initially, the line only provided a connection with steamships on Lake Brienz and Lake Lucerne.

Initially the victorious French army only lightly occupied the old core of the Canton of Schwyz, but plundered the Einseideln Abbey.