" Initially, Perot's return saw the Texas billionaire's numbers stay low, until he was given the opportunity to participate in a trio of unprecedented three-man debates.

Initially the recruiters favoured Greeks ( who formed the largest part of the first units ) and Albanians ( who also served as gendarmes ), usually selecting about one boy from 40 houses, but the numbers could be changed to correspond with the need for soldiers.

Initially CBS ' lowest-rated soap, its numbers were still respectable and began to climb.

Initially, his ideas had involved running a school in the midst of ' life-conditions ' in Kingston with two dozen students, but contact with a young representative of the New Age Movement in the USA persuaded him to think in terms of larger numbers and a relatively isolated locale in the countryside.

Initially, Wu forces underestimated the enemy's tenacity due to their superiority in numbers.

Initially numbers totalled around 2, 000 but in a second wave around 1, 200 more were sent.

Initially Vorderman's only contribution to the show was the numbers game, and she formed part of a five person presentation team.

Initially there were 296 ; after the creation of unitary authorities in the 1990s and late 2000s, their numbers were reduced to 201.

Initially consisting of 30, 000 of regular soldiers ( made up of both cavalry and infantry ), its numbers were to rise to over 60, 000 in 1810, and by the time of Napoleon's campaign in Russia in 1812, its army totaled almost 120, 000 troops ( out of a total population of some 4. 3 million people ).

Initially, it seems that the Zentraedi's superior numbers all but ensure an easy victory of the Micronians.

Initially, the numbers were printed on small, individual plaques mounted on a brass substructure.

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 it was thought that all youths of a certain age would be drafted but later the numbers were restricted due to lack of resources.

Initially, the towns on the maps were indexed by the 36 numbers 11-66, allowing a town to be randomly generated by rolling two standard dice.

Initially the D52 locomotives were coal-fired, but from mid 1956 twenty-eight locomotives, numbers D52002 to D52029, were converted to oil-firing.

Initially, the imam hatip schools grew very slowly, but their numbers expanded rapidly to more than 250 during the 1970s, when the pro-Islam National Salvation Party participated in coalition governments.

: Initially released in small numbers in 2004, Jazz was re-released in 2006 in new packaging.

Initially, Northlands decided not to release the 2008 attendance numbers due to an agreement with the Indy Racing League.

Initially the bet was fairly vague, but on the way to meet Dave Gormans numbers three and four, they debated what " loads " meant.

Initially, Ochs had hoped for the magazine to release one single concert, but when the material he presented to them came up far too short for a full LP and not featuring several of his best and well-known numbers, he suggested they splice on whatever they desired.

Initially Hawke thought he was up against a much larger fleet of warships, and formed a line of battle ; when the French responded in kind Hawke realised that he was faced by inferior numbers that could be progressively enveloped by a " swarm " of ships.

Initially, winning numbers were set by the daily outcome of a random drawing of numbered balls, or by spinning a " policy wheel ", at the headquarters of the local numbers ring.

Initially numbers listed on the registry were due to be kept for five years but will now remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008.

Initially, these atomic orbitals were typically Slater orbitals, which corresponded to a set of functions which decayed exponentially with distance from the nuclei.

Initially, the countries or organizations received codes in their alphabetical order.

Initially, civil aviation schools within Germany were used, yet only light trainers could be used in order to maintain the façade that the trainees were going to fly with civil airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Initially, gameplay occurs in clockwise order, with each player taking a turn.

Initially, Saladin attempted to organize his men into battle order, but as his bodyguards were being killed, he saw that defeat was inevitable and so with a small remnant of his troops mounted a swift camel, riding all the way to the territories of Egypt.

A controversy arose about the plinth, Initially, it was found to fit perfectly as part of the statue, but after its inscription was translated and dated, in order to save face, the embarrassed experts who had publicized the statue as a possible original work by the artist Praxiteles dismissed the plinth as a later addition to the statue.

Initially ordered to take his command to the Rhineland for rest and reinforcements, Chill disregarded the order and moved his forces to the Albert Canal, linking up with the 719th ; he also had ' reception centres ' set up at the bridges crossing the Albert Canal, where small groups of retreating troops were picked up and turned into ' ad hoc ' units.

Initially, the pantheon of deities was not ordered, but later Mesopotamian theologians came up with the concept of ranking the deities in order of importance.

Initially, the initiative has been involved in the development of a technological framework and interoperability standards specifically for enhancing access to e-print archives, in order to increase the availability of scholarly communication ; OAI is, therefore, closely related to the Open access publishing movement.

Initially, it was thought that the same water had made up the lake since the time of its formation, giving a residence time in the order of one million years.

Initially trains had to be ferried across the river between Marquette and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in order to continue their journey, but this system came to an end when Prairie du Chien businessman John Lawler had a permanent pontoon bridge built to connect the two cities ' rail lines.

Initially, the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) took a hands off approach to VoIP in order to let the service mature and also to facilitate competition in the telephony market.

Initially a small group of professional soldiers, the druzhina grew in order to control the vast areas under authority of the prince.

Initially a Savigniac foundation, the abbey was later taken over by the Cistercian order and responsibility for it was taken by Byland Abbey.

Initially, land was bought from its owners ( willing seller ) by the government ( willing buyer ) and redistributed, in order to maintain public confidence in the land market.

Initially, Messina also wanted to shoot the plays in chronological order of how they were written, but this was rejected because it was felt that doing so would necessitate the series beginning with a run of relatively little known plays.

When the opening of the aortic valve becomes narrowed or constricted ( stenotic ), the blood can't be pumped adequately and the pressure in the left ventricle increases. Initially, the LV compensates by thickening its walls ( myocardial hypertrophy ) in order to maintain adequate pumping pressure.

Initially his command covered India and Iraq so that within a month of taking charge he launched Iraqforce to invade Persia in co-operation with the Russians in order to secure the oilfields and secure lines of communication to the Soviet Union.

Initially, Romero intentionally imitated Holdaway's style in order to make the changeover less noticeable, but soon established his own take on the character of Modesty Blaise, portraying her in a more exotic and voluptuous style than Holdaway did.

Initially there was nothing to indicate that Cardigan was not going to conform to Raglan's intentions, and it was only after he had travelled some 200 yards (~ 180 m ) that the enormity of the misconstrued order became apparent to the spectators on the Sapouné Heights.

Initially, both Rajaji and Prime Minister Nehru were against the creation of linguistically demarcated states but as the law and order situation in the state deteriorated, both were forced to accept the demands.

Initially various countries developed their own standards, but in order to promote international cooperation, the First International Congress of Radiology ( ICR ) which met in London in 1925 proposed a separate body to consider units of measure.

Initially used by triathletes in order to facilitate faster " transitions ", Bernard Hinault's victory in Tour de France in 1985 then helped secure the acceptance of quick-release clipless pedal systems by cyclists.

Initially, the soldiers were given the order to hold their fire until 6am, but the Germans were made aware of the allied positions after members of the Force tripped over loose gravel while moving along the mountaintop.

Initially, this technology was sought in order to optimize use of a computer system, since time and processing resources were often wasted when a single job waited for human interaction was developed as a feature of operating systems in the late 1950s and came into common use in mainframe computing in the mid-to late 1960s.

Initially it planned to acquire U. S. built F-94Cs, F-86s, or F-84s and produce its order in Pakistan.