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

Initially, Pius IX had been something of a reformer, but conflicts with the revolutionaries soured him on the idea of constitutional government.

" Initially, Lucas had planned for Qui-Gon to have long white hair, but that idea was scrapped and in the film Qui-Gon is depicted as having long brown hair.

Initially dismissive of the idea, Strauss completed this late masterpiece, his Oboe Concerto, before the end of the year.

Initially Caltrain rejected this idea because some trains are operated at seated capacity and the seat removal would take space from other fare-paying passengers.

Initially dismissed by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V as an inconsequential argument between monks, the idea of a religious reformation accentuated controversies and problems in many of the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, which became engulfed in the ensuing controversy.

Initially he worked under the idea that all robots would have square heads in 3000 ; however, it was later decided that Bender's head should be round, a visual play on the idea that Bender is a " round peg in a square hole ".

Initially, Londo resists the idea of consulting with Morden.

Initially, the idea of Bionicle was faced with resistance from " company traditionalists " as Lego had " no experience of creating the kind of story-based, multichannel brand that was being proposed.

" Initially reluctant and frightened of the idea, Bo declares that he hopes to find an " angel " and will know her when he sees her.

Initially the idea was to transmit email using an unused subcarrier piggy-backed onto FM radio signals.

* Initially the creators of the Star Trek franchise wanted the character Jadzia Dax to come from a low-gravity environment ; however, the idea was subsequently abandoned when it was determined that the rig required to make Dax ' float ' would be too difficult to construct.

Initially, after the fall of Communism in the early 1990s, the idea of a distinct Montenegrin identity has been taken over by independence-minded Montenegrins.

Initially, Kerry and his brother had nothing more than " just a vague idea of this guy who flew a plane.

Initially, he welcomed the idea of Romania itself entering the Habsburg Monarchy in a federalist project ( see United States of Greater Austria ), as a means to solve the nationality issue, but eventually came to oppose it ; in a conversation with the PNL's Constantin Stere, who continued to support the idea, Ionescu declared: " instead of a foreign minister in Vienna, if Romania should join the Habsburgs, I would rather become a waiter in Chicago!

Initially, this was to be the episode where Riley and Buffy have sex, and Whedon took comfort in that plan because he knew people would not mind the silence, but ultimately he decided it was too early for the characters to sleep together, and he scrapped the idea.

Initially, Malkmus simply wanted to call his post-Pavement band the Jicks with no mention of his name, but Matador records resisted the idea and released the album as Stephen Malkmus, although " the Jicks " is printed on the CD itself.

Initially conceived as an adjunct to the Jagd-Kommando units and placed under the command of Otto Skorzeny, the idea was later appropriated by Joseph Goebbels to represent the general rising up of the German people to defend against foreign invasion.

Initially this was in 1917 and connection with groups supporting a future League: Wells promoted a League of Free Nations Association ( LFNA ), an idea not in fact exclusive to him, since it had been ' up in the air ' since Woodrow Wilson had started considering post-war settlements.

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 influenced by Kolchak: The Night Stalker and The Twilight Zone, series creator Chris Carter pitched the idea for the series to Fox twice before it was accepted for production.

Initially, the idea of charging for virtual goods, as opposed to a subscription model with unlimited access, was greeted with skepticism.

Initially, having fewer units of some elements -- especially submarines -- than the opponent, our capabilities need to be sufficiently greater than theirs, so that the exchange will be in our favor.

Initially, he was criticized for having failed to activate his aircraft ’ s self-destruct charge to destroy the camera, photographic film, and related classified parts of his aircraft before his capture.

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 landless cadet, Ernest Augustus succeeded in having the House of Hanover raised to electoral dignity in 1692.

Initially Grant fully endorsed Bristow's investigation having stated, " Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided ," however, after Sec.

Initially William could not get support for the invasion but, claiming that Harold had sworn on sacred relics to support his claim to the throne after having been shipwrecked at Ponthieu, William was given the Church's blessing and nobles flocked to his cause.

Initially opening an art gallery on Madison Avenue which showed work by Higgins, Ono, Jonas Mekas, Ray Johnson, Flynt and Young, he moved to Wiesbaden, West Germany having taken a job as a graphic designer with the US Air Force in late 1961 after the gallery had gone bust.

Initially, Jean-Claude Duvalier resisted the dynastic arrangement that had made him Haiti's leader, having preferred that the presidency go to his older sister Marie-Denise Duvalier, and was content to leave substantive and administrative matters in the hands of his mother, Simone Ovide Duvalier, and a committee led by Luckner Cambronne, his father's Interior Minister, while he attended ceremonial functions and lived as a playboy.

Initially, the PGA of America was reluctant to allow Louis to enter the event, having a bylaw at the time limiting PGA participation to Caucasians.

Initially, the rationale for having them was that affiliates felt that such decisions should not be left to the whims ( or political needs ) of the president of the federation.

Initially unsure of what has happened and having lost radio contact with Pacific Fleet Command, captain Matthew Yelland ( Kirk Douglas ) launches reconnaissance aircraft which discover an intact Pacific battleship fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Initially, therefore, the CPGB attempted to work within the Labour Party, which at this time operated mainly as a federation of left-wing bodies, only having allowed individual membership since 1918.

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

Initially, Marsh described S. armatus as having eight spikes in its tail, unlike S. stenops.

Initially a resident in the Shady Pines Retirement Home after having a stroke prior to the start of the series, she moved in with Blanche, Rose and Dorothy following a fire at the institution.

Initially, Prebisch wrote a long text, but after having written the first draft, and on repeated suggestion, he came to read Hans Singer's paper: Post-War Relations between Under-developed and Industrialized Countries ( Feb. 1949 ), about the deterioration of the terms of trade, which became decisive for him.

Initially Jonathan was only brought in to investigate because he was asked by Maddie due to her having a professional connection to the crime in her role as a journalist, or because it involved an old friend of theirs ( Such as one case featuring Jonathan being contacted by an old friend of his mother's after her husband was impaled by a sword in a sealed room ).

Initially, he considered Hore-Belisha for the post of Minister of Information, but decided against this when the Foreign Office raised concerns about the propaganda effect of having a Jewish politician in this position.

Initially, he favored negotiating directly with Philip, who he thought could be expected to be lenient, and opposed having Athens join a congress of Greek states and be forced to accept Macedonia's common terms of peace, which were not yet known.

Initially, the anti-revisionists presented a critique of the official Communist Parties " from the left " for having abandoned orthodox Marxism-Leninism ( becoming " revisionist "), and for being insufficiently revolutionary.

" Initially having trouble controlling the energy bursts he releases as part of his powers, Alex eventually manages to focus his abilities thanks to equipment developed by Professor X and Hank McCoy.

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, such engines mirrored steam engine design in having the piston move horizontally, with the crankshaft and valve gear exposed and employed a drip-feed total loss lubrication system.