Initially, Brick and Click companies were skeptical whether or not to add an online e-commerce channel for fear that selling their products might produce channel conflict with their off-line retailers, agents, or their own stores.

Initially international opinion was skeptical and Suez Canal Company shares did not sell well overseas.

Initially Bloch had been skeptical and had rejected him describing Antheil's compositions as " empty " and " pretentious "; however, the teacher was won over by Antheil's enthusiasm and energy, and helped him financially as he attempted to complete an aborted first symphony.

Initially, Yeston was skeptical of the project.

Initially, the people of the past are skeptical of the Traveller's claims, but they are unable to explain or disprove the authenticity of the records brought from the future.

Initially, Manton is skeptical and ridicules Carter for thinking that such a being may be possible.

Initially wary of the intentions of an alien race who came " quite uninvited ," even skeptical international leaders begin to be persuaded of the aliens ' benevolence when the Kanamits share their advanced technology, quickly putting an end to many of Earth's greatest woes, including hunger ; energy becomes very cheap ; nuclear weapons are rendered harmless.

Initially skeptical about what he might find, Punk claimed to have heard children giggling and footsteps when there were not any children booked into the hotel.

Initially, Wallace's mother is skeptical about letting him associate with Veronica, whom she thinks is a bad influence.

Initially skeptical, Donovan eventually came to believe in the spirit of glory and he was able to tap into the same energies that once powered Jones.

Initially, people were skeptical about using electricity for alarms, and the business did not go well.

Initially, scientists thought the sharks in the lake belonged to an endemic species, the Lake Nicaragua Shark ( Carcharhinus nicaraguensis ).

Initially assigned to the intelligence branch, most of the scientists eventually went to work in the various Wright Field labs.

Initially, scientists thought the sharks in Lake Nicaragua belonged to an endemic species, the Lake Nicaragua shark ( Carcharhinus nicaraguensis ).

Initially Scripps was reluctant to support the venture, thinking scientists could not be businesslike.

Initially Padilla was considered a " material witness ," without charges filed, and given only very limited access to legal counsel.

Initially, investigators believed he was speeding, but forensic reports showed he was driving the speed limit and he was left in his car for two hours before a witness called 911.

Initially a study of systems of polynomial equations in several variables, the subject of algebraic geometry starts where equation solving leaves off, and it becomes even more important to understand the intrinsic properties of the totality of solutions of a system of equations, than to find a specific solution ; this leads into some of the deepest areas in all of mathematics, both conceptually and in terms of technique.

Initially in the United States, there was a market separation between " music " CD-Rs and " data " CD-Rs, the former being several times more expensive than the latter due to industry copyright arrangements with the RIAA.

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, letterboxing was limited to several key sequences of a film ( e. g., opening and closing credits ), but later it was used for the entire film.

Initially sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper, its success encouraged several countries in Europe and the Middle East to follow suit.

Initially published in 1987 at USENIX, the BRL-CAD ray-tracer is the first known implementation of a parallel network distributed ray-tracing system that achieved several frames per second in rendering performance.

Initially, the numbers corresponded to the alphabetical order of the names of the departments, but several changed their names, so the correspondence became less exact.

Initially, the operation was marginally successful and several bridges between Eindhoven and Nijmegen were captured.

Initially successful both on the ice and at the gate, the North Stars fell victim to financial problems after several poor seasons in the mid-1970s.

Initially, Wanger considered Gig Young, Dick Powell, Joseph Cotten and several others for the role of Miles.

Initially participating in genderfuck-style performances, RuPaul performed solo and in collaboration with other bands at several New York nightclubs, most notably the Pyramid Club.

Initially cautious ( as enemies of the regime had been executed before ), Theramenes and his party were emboldened and galvanized into action by several events.

Initially established around 1878 by W. J. Adams as Limitville, it was nicknamed " Tanglefoot " because several of its first businesses were saloons.

Initially the library was a bookcase of books located in several places in town before being formally located in the Lanier Library building built in 1905 and expanded over the years.

The first purpose-designed fighter aircraft included the British Vickers F. B. 5-machine gun armament was also fitted to several French types, such as the Morane-Saulnier L and N. Initially the German Air Service lagged behind the Allies in this respect with no purpose built fighting aircraft.

Initially, Sony was able to tout several Betamax-only features, such as BetaScan — a high speed picture search in either direction — and BetaSkipScan, a technique that allowed the operator to see where he was on the tape by pressing the FF key ( or REW, if in that mode ): the transport would switch into the BetaScan mode until the key was released.

Initially, several species were described.

Initially intended to be a simulcasting sister to WNJR ( 1430 AM, now WNSW ), the FM station never made it to the air despite being granted several extensions of its construction permit.

Initially a small, informal group, Das Kleeblatt increased it influence in the Wiener Camera-Klub through its international connections, and several other organizations promoting pictorialism were created in other cities throughout the region.

Initially, C ration cans were marked only with paper labels, which soon fell off and made a guessing game out of evening meals ; US soldiers and Marines receiving an unpopular menu item several nights in a row often found themselves powerless to bargain for a more palatable one.

Initially very basic and supporting only Microsoft's Active Server Pages, this feature was greatly enhanced in GoLive 6, adding support for the PHP language and several databases.

Initially in 2004, the car was offered in several colors: Barbados Blue Metallic, Cosmos Purple Metallic, Quicksilver Metallic, Phantom Black Metallic, Impulse Blue Metallic, Torrid Red, and Yellow Jacket.

Initially TRIREA contained several new provisions including a mandatory ' make available ' clause for NCBR coverage ( Nuclear, Chemical, Biological and Radiological ) and the ending of the distinction between domestic and foreign events.

Initially the TGA file format was used in the ICB-PAINT and TARGA-PAINT programs ( what later became known as TIPS ) and for several projects in online real estate browsing and still-frame video teleconferencing.

Initially the studio, over Gordy's objections, rejected Williams after several screen tests.