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

Initially the company manufactured machine tools, sewing machine parts, gauges and other precision parts, but this changed in 1956 when the company proposed the G3 automatic rifle for the Bundeswehr ( German Federal Army ).

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, the exposition was offered to Toronto but politicians there rejected the idea.

Initially, third-party software ( such as the Bradford printer enhancement program ) offered a quick fix to the quality issue.

Initially the Italian government had offered to let the pope keep the Leonine City, but the Pope rejected the offer because acceptance would have been an implied endorsement of the legitimacy of the Italian kingdom's rule over his former domain.

Initially offered at $ 2. 50 by SoftLock and Simon & Schuster, Amazon and Barnes and Noble gave free downloads.

Initially offered as a two-door sedan, Ford offered " Runabout " hatchback and wagon models the following year, competing in the U. S. market with the AMC Gremlin and Chevrolet Vega, as well as imported cars from Volkswagen, Datsun, and Toyota.

Initially introduced on their 27, 32 and 36 inch models in 1998, the new tubes were offered in a variety of resolutions for different uses.

Initially, the feature offered subscribers one hour of media for approximately every dollar they spent on their subscription.

Initially, the Center offered only freshman and sophomore-level courses.

Initially, Marischal College offered the Principal of King's College a role in selecting its academics, but this was refused-the first blow in a developing rivalry.

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, the government offered direct financial assistance, with $ 5 million provided in seed and grain relief by the end of 1922.

Initially, Stewart remained loyal to Rutherford, and went so far as to allege in the legislature that insurgent Liberal John R. Boyle had offered two members of the legislative assembly ( MLAs ), who were also hotel keepers, immunity from prosecution for liquor violations if they would support a new government in which Boyle was Attorney-General.

Initially Hardee's offered a sausage, bacon and ham biscuit.

Initially it had a multi-denominational intake, offered such services as night classes and industry-relevant vocational courses, and was enthusiastically supported by William Brownlow who is thought to have brought the school to the town.

Initially, they offered a " shared PBX " service with these switches and interconnected with the ILECs as end-users rather than as co-carriers.

Initially named Akihisa ( 詮久 ), he changed his name to Haruhisa in 1541 after Ashikaga Yoshiharu offered to let him use a kanji from his name.

Initially, with Opinions sincères, Iorga offered a historian's manifesto against the whole cultural establishment, likened by historian Ovidiu Pecican with Allan Bloom's 1980s critique of American culture.

Initially offered the command, he declined because of lack of experience and was commissioned as a second lieutenant.

Initially, he requested a trade to a team on the East Coast such as the Philadelphia Flyers, and Flyers ' general manager Bobby Clarke offered the Bruins Andy Delmore and Daymond Langkow for Bourque.

Initially Poher tried to recruit General Marie Pierre Kœnig as a candidate for the Presidency and offered him his full support.

Initially focused on animation, early versions of Flash content offered few interactivity features and thus had very limited scripting capability.

Initially, the Borg Warner Type 35 3 speed automatic was offered, then the Type 45 4 speed automatic became available in 1973.

Initially the cars were offered with tan, red, blue or black upholstery with the dash painted to match but after a few months, Todd's switched to a new type of vinyl with different texture for their Avenger, Hunter and Valiant lines and the blue option was dropped and the dashboards reverted to black paint.