Initially at, the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3, 800 years.

Initially copying wooden construction traditions with a frame over which the hull was fastened, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Britain of 1843 was the first radical new design, being built entirely of wrought iron.

Initially, Six Flags parks would prepare separate marketing campaigns for each park, sometimes with special themes ( like the 25th anniversary of Six Flags Great America and the 35th anniversary of Six Flags Over Georgia in 2002 ).

Initially, it was announced that she would portray Catherine the Great in a movie about the Russian empress by Dino De Laurentiis, but that project fell through.

Initially, while Iran was very wary of British and Russian colonial interests during the Great Game, the United States was seen as a more trustworthy Western power, and the Americans Arthur Millspaugh and Morgan Shuster were even appointed treasurers-general by the Shahs of the time.

Initially Kertész took on commissioned work for several European magazines, gaining publication of his work in Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain.

Initially having household and governmental duties, later some of these officers split into two counterparts in the Great Officer of the State and the royal household, or where superseded by new officers or absorbed by existing officers.

Initially, the album artist was given as Great Speckled Bird but later copies had a sticker saying that it featured the duo.

Initially built by Constantine the Great, the walls surrounded the new city on all sides, protecting it against attack from both sea and land.

Initially the area was a part of Great Moravia.

Initially named the Reval Governorate after the city of Reval, today known as Tallinn, it was created in 1719 out of territories conquered from Sweden in the Great Northern War.

Initially it was known as the University of Lithuania, but in 1930 the university was renamed to Vytautas Magnus University, commemorating 500 years of death of Vytautas the Great, the Lithuanian ruler, well known for the nation's greatest historical expansion in the 15th century.

Initially, the diversion supported forestry development and hydroelectric development further downstream on the Great Lakes at Niagara Falls ; no hydroelectric development on the watercourses on the diversion project was practical initially.

Initially Great Britain were represented by a team made up of players from the Northern Rugby Football Union, known simply as the " Northern Union " side.

Initially, nine locks were used in a temporary arrangement to lower and raise the canal for the crossing of the River Great Ouse at Wolverton at the river's water level.

Initially Gesalec was supported by the powerful Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great, but this support eventually faded.

Initially, the Russian high command was not up to the challenge of the Great War.

Initially, Hitler wanted to make a deal with Great Britain in which the British Empire would be given a free hand over the oceans of the world and Germany would be given a free hand in Europe.

Initially a journalist, he joined ITN in 1963, covering such topics as the Great Train Robbery, Vietnam, Ireland, the Munich Olympics massacre, Germany's Red Army, Italy's Red Brigades and Palestinian militant groups.

Initially, in the government preferred English-speaking settlers from Eastern Canada or Great Britain and to a lesser extent, the United States.

Initially, the Mohawk rejected the message of the Great Peacemaker, so he decided to perform a feat to demonstrate his purity and spiritual power.

Initially signed with Profile Records, Camp Lo made their first appearance in 1996 on The Great White Hype soundtrack, with their single, " Coolie High ".

Initially called Joseph Lucas & Son from 1882 it was based in Little King Street, later Great King Street Birmingham.

Initially, the United States Army Air Corps 7th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Command ( later Air Transport Command ) at Great Falls Army Airfield was ordered to organize and develop an air route to send assistance to Russia though northwestern Canada, across Alaska and the Bering Sea to Siberia, and eventually over to the Eastern Front.

Initially created as the Resettlement Administration ( RA ) in 1935 as part of the New Deal in the United States, the Farm Security Administration ( FSA ) was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty.

Initially, business did improve, but the growing economic challenges of the Depression ultimately caused his plan to fail.

Initially, this was caused by the revulsion over the summary executions of 16 leaders — some of whom, such as James Connolly, who was too weak to stand from wounds sustained in the fighting — and of other people thought complicit in the rebellion.

Initially, interpreted languages were compiled line-by-line ; that is, each line was compiled as it was about to be executed, and if a loop or subroutine caused certain lines to be executed multiple times, they would be recompiled every time.

Initially, a rotting log could not release gases caused by decay, because of high levels of resin sealing in the gas.

Initially well received, the Excel's faults soon became apparent ; cost-cutting measures caused reliability to suffer.

Initially a vassal of Poland-Lithuania, the increasing social and religious pressure from the Commonwealth caused them to proclaim an independent Cossack Hetmanate, initiated by a rebellion under Bohdan Khmelnytsky in the mid-17th century.

Initially, on the Friday ( 1 October ), the fourball competition began, but was suspended after around 2 hours due to torrential rain that caused the course to be waterlogged.

Initially, the label was distributed by Geffen Records through Warner Bros. Records, but when Geffen refused to distribute the self-titled album by the Geto Boys and the controversy it caused, distribution was absorbed by Warner Bros. proper, which released all subsequent Def American titles.

Initially, the French general Ferdinand Foch refused to recognize the Independent Air Force which caused some logistical difficulties.

Initially, he was attended by Dr. Lowe of Kings Lynn and by Dr Oscar Clayton, who thought the fever was caused by a sore on a finger.

* Initially attract both the non-eating disordered ( who first visit seeking tips and techniques for losing weight ) and the eating-disordered ( who seek advice on hiding their disordered behaviors, or minimizing the physical damage caused by over-exercising and severe calorie restriction ).

Initially, this decision caused Nobunaga's army, which was marching upon the Asakura's lands to retreat back to Kyoto.

Initially, Jacobs ' insistence on rigorous scientific methodology caused friction with the Office's patrons, such as U. S. Senator Tom Harkin.

Initially, strong vertical shear caused the depression to minimally strengthen, though by early on August 29, it became Tropical Storm Luis.

Initially, Kerri-Anne caused a resurgence in ratings, with her enthusiasm and her tendency to physically interact with guests ( i. e. doing dance steps with dancers, attempting to play the respective sports of sporting personalities ) rather than confining herself to sit-down interviews.

Initially, the rebellion was generally unpopular in Dublin, due to the amount of death and destruction it caused, the opinion by some that it was bad timing to irreverently hold it at Easter and also due to the fact that many Dubliners had relatives serving in the British Army.

Initially, it moved slowly westward, until September 22, when a high-pressure area caused it to accelerate.

Initially, a serious car crash into power lines in the nearby area was reported to have caused the blackout, although it was later confirmed to be a major electrical fault.

Initially the fire did not cause any widespread panic, however a series of catastrophic coincidences caused the fire to spread and devour virtually all of the east end of the city, including much of its major commercial area before being extinguished.

Initially the Port Erin line had been planned to terminate at Castletown however the construction of deep water docking facilities at Port Erin caused an extension to the line-a few years after completion, the dock was destroyed by heavy seas and the idea of deep water vessels abandoned there, the remains of the breakwater are still visible at low tide in the village.

Initially Yield Management avoided the complexity caused by the interaction of absolute price and price position by using surrogates for price such as booking class.

Initially, the wing as a whole suffered from the inexperience of its pilots and mechanical problems caused during the shipment of Spitfires.

Initially surgeons believed this was caused by an abnormal reaction in response to the cement holding the implant in place.

Initially built with fluted coupling rods, these caused problems on other classes and from 80079 plain section coupling rods were substituted.