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 reluctant to believe him, Leia realizes that Luke speaks the truth and joins Han Solo in leading the Rebels in battle on Endor as the Rebel Fleet battle the second Death Star.

Initially reluctant, the townsfolk quickly forgo the established societal norms and basic human values, disrupting and disregarding the victim's ties to his family and community.

Initially, Warner Bros. was reluctant to fund the film, but with Prince's assurances it would be a sequel to Purple Rain as well as the involvement of the original members of The Time, the studio greenlit the project.

Initially reluctant, the group eventually decides to evade the authority of Mikey's older brother, Brandon, and escape for one last " Goonie adventure.

Initially the LCC was reluctant to agree to the provision of subscriber telephone lines to the estate as it was considered incongruous for a residents of a subsidised housing scheme to be able to afford such a luxury.

Initially, the PGA of America was reluctant to allow Louis to enter the event, having a bylaw at the time limiting PGA participation to Caucasians.

Initially assigned to recruiting duties in Kentucky, he proved so adept at signing up soldiers that his superiors were reluctant to release him from his post.

Initially, she was reluctant to do so, but at Thomas's convincing persuasion, she agreed and the success of her Point-of-sales business made her an even wealthier woman.

Initially reluctant, Mackintosh eventually agreed.

Initially reluctant to take the role, Aames states that he was dropped by the owners of the series.

Initially reluctant, Cassim eventually agrees when Iago inadvertently reveals that Aladdin's wedding may be his final chance to get the Oracle.

Initially reluctant to play the part, she eventually accepted it at the directors ' persuasion and, to prepare for it, visited several bars and nightclubs at Mumbai's red-light areas to study the lingo and mannerisms of sex-workers.

Initially reluctant, Sam is convinced by her friend Carter Ferrell ( Dan Byrd ), to go to the dance and meet her mysterious online friend.

Initially, Race is reluctant because Nash only describes what is required from him on the most vaguest terms and does not appear to be interested in the alternatives Race gives him.

Initially, Emperor Alexander I was reluctant to concentrate large forces against the Ottoman Empire while his relations with Napoleonic France were still uncertain and the main part of his army was occupied fighting against Napoleon in Prussia.

" Initially reluctant and frightened of the idea, Bo declares that he hopes to find an " angel " and will know her when he sees her.

Initially, Sparta was reluctant, but Alcibiades, the Athenian general who had argued for the Sicilian Expedition, defected to the Spartan cause upon being accused of grossly impious acts and convinced them that they could not allow Athens to subjugate Syracuse.

Initially the LSWR constructed a branch from Woking to Guildford in 1845 then Godalming in 1849, but were reluctant to extend it to Havant.

Initially reluctant, Aubrey finds to his surprise and delight that the boy has the mathematical skills essential for a navigator ; and he becomes a competent sailor.

Initially some of the Pakistani soldiers were reluctant to join the defense of the fort because their roles with the BATT were largely administrative, but they obeyed orders from Mike Kealy and the British Military Intelligence Corporal.

Initially reluctant to take his father's ring name, Wisniski wrestled as Baby Face Nelson before becoming Johnny Fargo, one half of The Fargo Brothers with Don Fargo between 1971 and 1974.

Initially Tim seems reluctant to say anything, but changes his mind during an interview with the camera crew and runs to tell Dawn how he feels.

Initially reluctant to return to his previous life as a scientific investigator, Demwa agrees to attend a secret meeting.

Initially the club was only able to undertake friendly fixtures until it was admitted to one of the local junior leagues.

Initially, Cygwin was called gnuwin32 ( not to be confused with the current GnuWin32 project ).

Initially, the second film that he was going to make to finish the contract was The Philadelphia Experiment, but because of script-writing problems, Carpenter rejected it in favor of this project.

Initially Eiffel showed little enthusiasm, although he did sanction further study of the project, and the two engineers then asked Stephen Sauvestre to add architectural embellishments.

Initially, his work was technically illegal to distribute without an AT & T source license, but, in January, 2002, those licensing rules were relaxed, allowing legal distribution as an open-source project.

Initially he resisted, because he was determined to write the full score for his next project ( Saturday Night had been aborted ), but Oscar Hammerstein convinced him that he would benefit from the experience, and he accepted.

Initially, all ERPI-wired theaters were made Vitaphone-compatible ; most were equipped to project Movietone reels as well.

Initially, the project scope is defined and the appropriate methods for completing the project are determined.

Initially started as a project within Apple inc to provide a replacement for the Mac OS, it was later spun off into a joint venture with IBM, for the purpose of building a competing platform to Microsoft Cairo and NeXTSTEP, as part of the AIM alliance.

Initially, the Chapel, now non-denominational, was to be specifically Roman Catholic, and during the first three years of the project ( 1964 – 67 ) Rothko believed it would remain so.

Initially, a volunteer project, the library became its own department and joined the Dallas County Library System shortly after WWII.

Initially, the project attracts some interest from the group of amateur actors with whom Mark produces radio plays, but by the fourth production meeting, almost no one shows up and Mark is forced to acknowledge that he currently lacks the resources to ever move Northwestern past the pre-production phase.

Initially a solo project, Portastatic has evolved into a full band, which currently includes Superchunk's Jim Wilbur as a member.

Initially it was developed by Alexey Nadezhin ( by whose name the system is named ) and later also by Sergey Kamnev, who joined the project.

Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key while he was in the new wave band Images In Vogue, Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project with the addition of vocalist Nivek Ogre.

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 the band began work on an instrumental project called Aurora Borealis ( mostly written by Burchill and MacNeil ).

Initially conceived as a double album, the project was eventually split into two different releases, with Elements, Pt.

Initially referred to as " Little Big Mac ", it was codenamed " Milwaukee " after Dhuey's hometown, and later went through a series of new names, including " Reno ", " Uzi " and " Paris " ( after Jean-Louis Gassee, Apple's then products manager, who protected the semi-clandestine project from cancellation ).

Initially this took the form of the InterCity 250 project.

Initially, the Great Depression caused RCA to cut costs, but Zworykin's project was protected.

Initially, the Autobahn project relied on the open labour market as a source of workers.