Initially administered by the Panama Canal Company under the direction of James Zetek, since 1946 Barro Colorado Island has been administered by the Smithsonian, together with five adjacent peninsulas, as the Barro Colorado Nature Monument ( BCNM ).

Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections.

Initially, there were 25 franchises, but the number of different operating companies is smaller as some firms, including First Group, National Express Group and Stagecoach Group, run more than one franchise.

Initially, the M-19 attracted a degree of attention and sympathy from mainstream Colombians that the FARC and National Liberation Army ( ELN ) had found largely elusive earlier due to extravagant and daring operations, such as stealing a sword that had belonged to Colombia's Independence hero Simon Bolívar.

Initially, power swapped between the People's National Party and the Jamaican Labour Party regularly.

Initially, Cruz had no ambition to be an actress and focused on dance, having studied classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory.

Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.

Initially, the American Jewish Committee ( AJC ) and the National Park Service, which manages Ellis Island, objected to the use of the term in the exhibit.

Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the bloodbath in which his father was executed, and his election as King on June 6, 1523 ( currently recognised as the National holiday of Sweden ) and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later meant the end of Medieval Sweden's elective monarchy as well as the Kalmar Union, which had united the Nordic kingdoms since 1397, and the commencing of a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa which, currently under the House of Bernadotte, continues to date.

Initially, the National Register consisted of the National Historic Landmarks designated before the Register's creation, as well as any other historic sites in the National Park system.

Initially the county was held by the Anti-Treaty IRA but it was taken for the Irish Free State after seaborne landings by National Army troops at Fenit, Tarbert and Kenmare in August 1922 ..

Initially Hovea was the nearest railway station but in 1936 the National Park railway station was built.

Initially, the First National Bank ’ s directors met in the MacFarlane Building ( which later became the Stegmaier brewery, which in turn became the Golden Quality ice cream store and factory ).

Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service ( NWS ) for identifying cities.

Initially, in the German Empire, Stresemann was associated with the left wing of the National Liberals.

Initially targeting leader of the opposition Vali Khan and his opposition National Awami Party ( NAP ), also a socialist party.

Initially, the music composed by Francisco Manuel da Silva was given lyrics by Appeals Judge Ovídio Saraiva de Carvalho e Silva not as a National Anthem, but as a hymn commemorating the abdication of Pedro I and the accession of Pedro II to the Throne.

Initially the Scottish National Party ( SNP ) participated, but the then party leader Gordon Wilson, along with Jim Sillars, decided to withdraw the SNP from participation owing to the convention's unwillingness to discuss Scottish independence as a constitutional option.

Initially called Collège Royal, and later Collège des Trois Langues ( Latin: Collegium Trilingue ), Collège National, Collège Impérial, it was named Collège de France in 1870.

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, there were concerns about whether Peters would be able to work with Bolger, the National prime minister who had previously sacked him from Cabinet, but the two did not seem to have any major difficulties.

Initially the Indian National Congress formed a minority government led by Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, but that cabinet did not last long.

Initially, various Islamic groups were implicated in the bombings, including the Jemaah Islamiyah, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and the Moro National Liberation Front.

Initially, it was a school for boy choristers to the Washington National Cathedral, a program that the school continues today.

Initially, the series used a number of rules that differed from both Winston Cup and Busch Grand National Series racing.

Initially, the company was meant to have two divisions Zoo / Volcano and Volcano which would be a hip-hop imprint.

Initially they acquired DataTree Inc. in the early 1990s.

Initially as part of joint venture with NXP but later acquired the whole share turning it into a full pledge STMicroelectronics Assembly and Testing plant.

Initially, Cabletel acquired local cable franchises covering Guildford and parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Initially a transport organisation beginning operations with the Morane-Saulnier MS. 500 Criquet and then the C-47, it acquired a light strike capability with the North American T-6 Texan and later the T-28 Trojan.

Initially introduced in educational and behavioral psychology, the term has acquired a broader interpretation over time, and expressions such as " experience curve ", " improvement curve ", " cost improvement curve ", " progress curve ", " progress function ", " startup curve ", and " efficiency curve " are often used interchangeably.

Initially, it held performances in a private home, but in 1780, it acquired the Petrovka Theatre and began producing plays and operas.

Initially, the plan was to build houses on the entire estate, creating a new housing estate, but due to slow sales and the need for drainage from the higher ground the land to the east of the new central road was instead acquired by the Lady Workers ' Homes Limited to build blocks of rooms for single women moving to London in order to work as secretaries and clerks in the city on the Eastern side of the estate.

Initially an independent company, Virgin Mobile USA was eventually acquired by its host mobile network operator, Sprint Nextel, for approximately US $ 483 million.

Initially, the station stuck with Power 99's WAPW, but soon acquired the call sign WNNX from a PEMEX oil rig off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas on November 27, 1992.

Initially developed by Macromedia and then acquired by Adobe Systems, Flex was donated by Adobe to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011.

Initially developed by Macromedia and then acquired by Adobe Systems, Flex was donated by Adobe to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011.

Initially, the Anjunabeats record label was founded as a medium to release their own music, however since the label acquired the same name as their production alias, they started to release music under different names, most notably as " Dirt Devils " and " Free State ".

Initially referring to comparative studies based on statistical compilations of cultural data, the term gradually acquired a secondary sense of cultural interactivity.

Initially, it was a box office failure and was panned by some critics but has since acquired a cult following.

Initially their number was very small, but it grew over time and they acquired more duties.

Initially, two book collections were acquired: on the one hand the personal papers of the Austrian jurist, orientalist and imperial chancellor Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter, consisting of oriental manuscripts and prints, editions of classic authors and works from the areas of theology, philosophy und jurisprudence, and on the other hand the collection of the Augsburg patrician Johann Jakob Fugger, which was acquired in 1571.

Initially, Messrs. Lauder, Spears and Howland, had established their operation in 1913 at Palmer's mill, on the CNR at Mowat, after John Schroeder had acquired standing timber in the townships of Mowat and Blair.

Initially these too were built without smoke deflectors but later acquired them.

Initially founded as Electronic Computer Programming Institute in 1965 at 1218 South 20th Street, the Birmingham college was acquired by the Milwaukee college in 1968.

Initially in the possession of a Syrian dealer, who may have acquired the plaque in southern Iraq in 1924, the relief was deposited at the British Museum in London and analysed by Dr. H. J.