Initially, it was fought largely as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire, although disputes over internal politics and the balance of power within the Empire played a significant part.

Initially, Henry Bergman played the bully-ish head waiter, but Chaplin eventually replaced him with Eric Campbell.

Initially unsure as to Barassi's best position, Smith played him as a second ruckman in 1954, despite his lack of inches for the position.

Initially envisioning an acting career, he started as a stage actor in 1919 and played at the Aachen Theatre from 1921 to 1923.

Initially there was much resistance to lawyers in colonial North America because of the role they had played in hierarchical England, but slowly the colonial governments started using the services of professionals trained in the Inns of Court in London, and by the end of the American Revolution there was a functional bar in each state.

" Initially the musical instruments of rumba consisted of regular household items: the side of a cabinet functioned in the role of the present-day tumba or salidor ( primary supportive drum ), while an overturned drawer served as the quinto ( lead drum ) and a pair of spoons played the cáscara part on whatever was available "— Peñalosa ( 2010: xiii ).

Initially she worked as a club hostess under the name Queenie O ' Brien and played in minor and unbilled roles in various films.

Initially Larsson played the role of support striker alongside Darren Jackson, Simon Donnelly and later Harald Brattbakk.

Initially, the Galaxy played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, but since 2003 they have played at The Home Depot Center in Carson, which they share with their rival, Chivas USA.

Initially he played slide guitar using a pocket knife and then a slide made from a beef rib bone, later switching to a glass slide for its clearer sound.

Initially the Columbus Crew played their home games at the 102, 000-capacity Ohio Stadium, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes American college football team.

Initially developed to produce town gas for lighting & cooking in 1800s, this was replaced by electricity and natural gas, it was also used in blast furnaces but the bigger role was played in the production of synthetic chemicals where it has been in use since the 1920s.

Initially a teacher and a jazz enthusiast, he played trumpet in The Mighty Joe Young Jazz Men and the 1960s pop group The Alan Price Set before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1967.

Initially hired to play piano and organ ( and to sing occasional backing vocals ), Wallinger's multi-instrumental and production skills impressed Mike Scott and ensured that he played a far greater role on This Is The Sea than he had on the previous album.

Initially Czukay had little interest in rock music, but this changed when a student played him The Beatles ' 1967 song " I Am the Walrus ".

Initially, Sheffield FC games were played among club members themselves and took the format of " Married v Singles " or " Professionals v the Rest ".

Initially, the Rens played mostly in Harlem, but by the end of the 1920s, as attendance began to dwindle, the team could be found more often playing on the road, barnstorming across the country out of necessity.

Initially he had two constant companions: the huge Voltaire, played by Richard Kiel ; and the beautiful Antoinette, played by Dunn's real-life singing partner, Phoebe Dorin.

Initially it was a catch-all term to describe the wide range of music being played at the Warehouse.

Initially, the channel's self-made programming and continuity played out from the Molinare Studios at Fouberts Place in London.

Initially a market town, Peebles played a role in the woollen industry of the Scottish Borders up until the 1960s.

Initially calling themselves The Versatones, the duo played small clubs, beer bars, and private parties throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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, balls of wool referred as ball badminton were preferred by the upper classes in windy or wet conditions, but ultimately the shuttlecock stuck.

Initially, BASIC concentrated on supporting straightforward mathematical work, with matrix arithmetic support from its initial implementation as a batch language and full string functionality being added by 1965.

Initially influenced by bluegrass, they sang harmony duets at local clubs and high school talent shows.

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 October 2010 SDSR outlined a reduction of the Regular British Army by 7, 000 to a trained strength of 95, 000 personnel by 2015.

Initially, the Cossacks were commanded by Colonel Filon Dzhalalii, but after a few days he was replaced by Ivan Bohun.

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, it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult ; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life.

Initially undifferentiated, the tubercle develops into either a penis or a clitoris, depending on the presence or absence of the protein tdf, which is codified by a single gene on the Y chromosome.

Initially these were uncommon events, but since WWII, these have been made by most presidents.

Initially edited by Éric Rohmer ( Maurice Scherer ), it included amongst its writers Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut.

Initially led by John Haslet, Delaware provided one of the premier regiments in the Continental Army, known as the " Delaware Blues " and nicknamed the " Blue Hen's Chicks.

Initially, Decade was to be released in 1976, but was pulled at the last minute by Young.

Initially named " Digital European Cordless Telephone " at its launch by CEPT in November 1987, following a suggestion by Enrico Tosato of Italy, its name was soon changed to " Digital European Cordless Telecommunications " to reflect its broader range of application, including data services.

Initially housed in existing hospital buildings, it was maintained by further donations from Loeb and his relatives.

Initially films were mostly shown as a novelty in special venues, but the main methods of exhibition quickly became either as an item on the programmes of variety theatres, or by traveling showman in tent theatres, which they took around the fairs in country towns.

Initially dubbed Living Pictures Theatre, it gained much popularity and by the end of the next decade there were cinemas in almost every major town of Poland.

Initially, their proof was not accepted by all mathematicians because the computer-assisted proof was infeasible for a human to check by hand.

Initially the RTL description in VHDL or Verilog is simulated by creating test benches to simulate the system and observe results.

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 ".