Initially a joke, the company was incorporated after the show expanded from a single station to national syndication.

Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting, but did not build any cars under its own name.

Initially directed toward the amateur market, Kodak hired Willard Beech Cook from his 28 mm Pathescope of America company to create the new 16 mm Kodascope Library.

Initially he produced high quality coloring crayons through Wadsworth, Howland & Co. as early as 1906 and then later through his own company Binney & Smith purchased the Munsell Color Company crayon product line in 1926 and inherited 22 new colors, 11 in the maximum and 11 in the middle hue ranges.

Initially producing the AS4 Ferry, a three engined, ten passenger biplane, the company went on to concentrate on transport monoplanes.

Initially, the company invested resources in " Baen's Bar ", its online community service that provides a forum for customers, authors and editors to interact, beginning as a BBS.

Initially, eBay assured Craigslist that they would not ask the company to change the way it does business.

Initially, Kate lived at the exchange building until the phone company became incorporated.

Initially they were signed to a management company who then leased their recordings to Decca.

Initially successful, the company failed after the debut of its mechanically troubled Facellia model.

Initially, HKT owner Cable & Wireless entertained a bid from Singapore Telecommunications, but there was Beijing concern about a Singapore company owning the largest Hong Kong telephone system.

Initially, the company had planned for the plane to replace the locks, rather than having it act as a second, faster option.

Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the JNR Settlement Corporation ( JNRSC ), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among the new JR companies.

Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances and home furnishings in some locations.

Initially ignored by the state media, bards like Vladimir Vysotsky, Bulat Okudzhava, Alexander Galich gained so much popularity that they finished being distributed by the state owned Melodiya record company.

Initially, the new company focussed on the development potential of the CS-2's processor interconnect technology.

Initially, it was named the Miami Device by Wahl, but in the end the company wanted to avoid a trademark infringement lawsuit.

Initially, the company planned to divide the trams into 3 classes, but subsequently only the first and the third class were chosen for ease of operation.

Initially, The Mergenthaler Linotype Company was the only company producing linecasting machines, but around 1914 a linecasting machine would be produced by the competition-The Intertype Company-using the same matrices as the Linotype, only where Mergenthaler prided themselves on intricately formed cast-iron parts on their machine, Intertype machined many of their similar parts from steel and aluminum.

Initially posted to 77th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Manhattan Beach, California, Hackworth was eventually assigned to Germany, initially in staff roles but returning to infantry in the early 1960s as an Infantry company commander under Colonel Glover S. Johns, and learned a great deal of the skills that were needed to be an effective officer from this veteran.

Initially the company was at the forefront of technical achievements and innovation.

Initially written by Jean Marc Brun and Michel The ' ron at Laboratoire d ' informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l ' ingénieur ( LIMSI ) for modelling fluid flow, they founded their own company, Datavision in 1979 and then sold a controlling interest in 1980 to the French company Matra Datavision.

Initially manufactured of small-scale Transistor – transistor logic, a single-board large scale integration version of the processor was developed in 1975.

Initially the components of the car were entirely manufactured by Mitsubishi but slowly local parts were used as technologies were transferred and skills were gained.

Initially, Intel primarily manufactured dynamic memory chips, DRAMs.

Initially, McGee wished to provide an outlet for like minded musicians and an opportunity for young bands to see their work on vinyl ; primarily the label was in opposition to the " manufactured " synth pop of the era that bore little resemblance to the work of his favourite acts including Public Image Limited and The Sex Pistols.

Initially, Famicom controllers were manufactured with square-shaped A and B buttons, but these were discontinued and recalled in 1984 due to being prone to heavy wear.

Initially their products were manufactured in Worcester, Massachusetts, however by 1974 most of its manufacturing was done in the Carrollton, Texas facility on Crosby Road.

Initially the Faverdale wagon works manufactured wooden bodied, wooden framed wagons ; steel frames wagons began production in the 1930s.

Initially it manufactured freight cars.

Initially Waratah motorcycles were manufactured by the Canada Cycle & Motor Agency, Ltd. on George Street, Sydney, who from at least 1910 built from standard parts, or rebadged BSA bicycles as, Waratah bicycles.

Initially, performance in the Bigfoot drives generally lagged behind most other drives of the era, but the large data capacities earned inclusion in many OEM PCs such as ones manufactured by Compaq and HP, as well as popularity with the PC enthusiast community.

Initially, some of these systems were used as notification systems for services like printing, but quickly were used to facilitate communication with other users logged in to the same machine.

Initially they were individually wrapped by hand in squares of foil, and the introduction of machine wrapping in 1921 simplified the process while adding the small paper ribbon to the top of the package to indicate that it was a genuine Hershey product.

Initially the magazine contained what was referred to as the serious side of computing, with programming tutorials, machine code features and business software reviews.

** Initially ; Two synchronised. 303 in Vickers machine guns in fuselage sides, two. 303 in Lewis machine guns ; one beneath each lower wing.

Initially the SU-152 lacked a machine gun, which was recognized as a severe weakness in urban warfare and other close combat.

Initially, due to its texture, it could only be processed by hand until it was discovered in that city that by treating it with whale oil, it could be treated by machine The industry boomed (" jute weaver " was a recognised trade occupation in the 1901 UK census ), but this trade had largely ceased by about 1970 due to the appearance of synthetic fibres.

Initially he gained the upper hand and activated the machine after using Professor X's power to understand how the machine worked, but his powers were removed by Ronald Rankin's device, as Professor X had expected.

Initially the factory in Maranello was a base not only for Scuderia Ferrari but also for Auto Avio Costruzioni, the machine tool manufacturing business started by Enzo to tide the company over while Alfa Romeo's ban on Enzo Ferrari making cars bearing the Ferrari name was in force.

Initially, Immortus was able to travel into and out of Limbo at his own will, through use of a time machine.

Initially, the need for railroads in Istria was based upon fast development of industrial activities ; shipbuilding, construction material, machine and electric industries, as well as Austrian military interests.

Initially the armament was a Type 91 6. 5 mm machine gun, although in later models this was replaced by a Type 92 7. 7 mm machine gun.

Initially, each brigade of the Guards Division had a machine gun company attached.

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, but this was soon to change dramatically.

Initially these units were equipped with the Halberstadt D. II, the Fokker D. I, D. II and D. III, each armed with one synchronized lMG 08 machine gun, but by the end of 1916 increasing numbers of the new Albatros fighters were well on the way to establishing the German air superiority that was to mark the first half of 1917.

Initially the KP /- 31 was issued as a substitute for a light machine gun, and proved inadequate in this role.

Initially they play their gigs using a drum machine until Johnny Black ( Robin Copp ), an established drummer, joins.

Initially the armament was two. 50 in M2 / AN machine guns and one 20 mm M2 cannon which was soon changed to three. 50 in M2 / ANs.

Initially, there were two types with two roles: the ' males ', armed with naval 6 pdr guns and machine guns, and ' females ', armed with only machine guns that supported the ' males '.