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.

Initially, only one Gold Glove per position was awarded to the top fielder at each position in Major League Baseball ; however, separate awards were given for the National and American Leagues beginning in 1958.

Initially, Austin wrestled as " The Ringmaster " and was managed by Ted DiBiase, who awarded him with the Million Dollar Championship.

Initially $ 100 was awarded for each game won, and the match's winner advanced to play the Money Cards bonus game.

Initially, Continental Airlines was awarded routes to Australia and New Zealand with stops.

Initially based on the rear-wheel drive X-body platform that underpinned the Chevrolet Nova ( a unibody with a bolt-on subframe, common to both GM X and F bodies ), the Seville's unibody and chassis were extensively re-engineered and upgraded from that humble origin and it was awarded the unique designation " K-body " ( rather than " X-special " following the format of the A-special Chevrolet Monte Carlo / Pontiac Grand Prix and B-special Buick Riviera ).

Initially, the opposing team was awarded one free throw.

Initially appearing in 1996 and gaining widespread attention, the contest was repeated three times over the course of a year and a half, and over 4, 000 prizes were awarded during each iteration, ranging from T-shirts to college scholarships.

Initially development contracts were awarded to two groups of companies the Rheinstahl group ( Rheinstahl-Hanomag, Ruhrstahl, Witten-Annen, Büro Warnecke ) and the second group comprising Henschel Werke and the Swiss MOWAG company.

Initially, prize-winners at agricultural shows were awarded inscribed medals and cups but later they were more likely to receive rosettes and ribbons.

Initially it had no Order Council and was awarded personally by the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army.

Initially the VC was only awarded to Beresford but he told the Queen that O ' Toole also deserved to receive the VC

Initially the London Gazette mentioned that had they survived they would have been awarded the VC.

Initially the Master's degree was awarded as an autonomous, additional degree to students having obtained a high average mark ( above 15 / 20 ) in their " Certificate " or " Diploma " and successfully completing a Master's thesis in the year following graduation.

Initially awarded to Sergio Musmeci ( with the collaboration of Pier Luigi Nervi ), the winning plan was briefly dismissed as considered too futuristic for the time.

Initially Turkey declined to pay the damages awarded.

Initially, editors awarded XXL status to only eight albums:

Initially awarded every three years with a prize of around £ 900, the Royal Society have announced that starting in 2009 it will be awarded every two years instead, and is to be aimed at ' early to mid career stage scientist ' rather than an established mathematician.

Initially, medals were only awarded to female dancers, but awards for men were later introduced in 1939.

Initially there were two medals awarded, both for the most important discovery within the last year, a time period which was lengthened to five years and then shortened to three.

Initially Barre was not awarded his prize and the contract was secretly given to Lanyon, Lynn, and Lanyon, who had come second.

Initially operated by SBS Transit using the first buses ( Volvo B10BLEs ) powered by compressed natural gas ( CNG ) to Jurong East Bus Interchange, it was forced to terminate these services when its contract, awarded by JTC Corporation, expired.