Initially military engineers were responsible for maintaining and operating these new weapons just as had been the case with previous siege engines.

Initially the Germans advanced with great ease and nearly captured Moscow, also laying siege to Leningrad, but soon found themselves fighting the harsh Russian winter as well as stiffer Soviet resistance, and their advance ground to a halt at Stalingrad in early 1943.

Initially, he was one of the leaders of the French contingent at the siege of Acre before Philip's arrival.

Initially the White House reaction was that the bitter exchanges with Moscow over Cuba and the conflict in Laos had dampened prospects for a meeting.

Initially, Hamrick's reaction to A-Z going into the passenger car market was discouraging.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Initially in a literary revival Renaissance was determined to move away from the religion-dominated Middle Ages and to turn its attention to the plight of the individual man in society.

Initially it was conceived as a difference engine curved back upon itself, in a generally circular layout, with the long store exiting off to one side.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a permanent civilian regime tat lasted until the 1931 Second Republic.

Initially Aster computer b. v. was called MCP ( Music print Computer Product ), because it was specialized in producing computer assisted printing of sheet music.

Initially the work was not well received, due, in part, to the many gaps in arguments and complicated equations.

Initially, it was " Thürer ," meaning doormaker, which is " ajtós " in Hungarian ( from " ajtó ", meaning door ).

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone.

Initially the source was Latin, later Gascon ( a branch of Occitan ) in the northeast, Navarro-Aragonese in the southeast and Spanish in the southwest.

Initially, a wireless room was established at Bletchley Park.

Initially bronze was made out of copper and arsenic to form arsenic bronze.

Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.

Initially his mother was reluctant to let him commit to an insecure football career, so he began an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer ; however he went on to turn professional in October 1954.

Initially, ice on the wings was blamed, but a later inquiry declared that slush on the runway had made a safe take-off almost impossible.

Initially he was counting the tempo with a metronome and looking for records with the same tempo.

Initially, the plan was also to include a rail connection between Boston's two major train terminals.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Initially the frigate squadron was mistaken for French warships and chased away by Swiftsure, returning the following day once the error had been realised.

Initially it was difficult to obtain a digital satellite or terrestrial receiver without a subscription to Sky or ONdigital respectively, but now the channel forms an important part of the Freeview package of channels.

Initially designed to run on AT & T Hobbit-based hardware, BeOS was later modified to run on PowerPC-based processors: first Be's own systems, later Apple Inc .' s PowerPC Reference Platform and Common Hardware Reference Platform, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its then aging Mac OS.

Initially, many metals were obtained through open-pit mining, and ore was primarily extracted from shallow depths, rather than though the digging of deep mine shafts.

Initially, the Bulgarian government, which he controlled, utilized Swiss diplomatic channels to inquire whether possible deportations of the Jews can happen to British-controlled Palestine by ships rather than to concentration camps in Poland by trains, for which the Germans requested a significant amount of money.

Initially, the group presented its argument largely in terms of nationalistic rather than religious symbolism.

Initially the new St John's College was rather small and not well endowed financially.

Initially, running live sport games was viewed with skepticism as it was believed that fans would rather stay at home if they could watch for free.

Initially, the Court of Chancery would not entertain a request to administer an estate as soon as a flaw in the will was discovered, rather leaving it to the ecclesiastical courts, but from 1588 onwards the Court did deal with such requests, in four situations: where it was alleged that there were insufficient assets ; where it was appropriate to force a legatee to give a bond to creditors ( which could not be done in the ecclesiastical courts ); to secure femme covert assets from a husband ; and where the deceased's debts had to be paid before the legacies were valid.

Initially, it was decided that the Mysteron duplicate of Captain Scarlet would be artificially resurrected by an advanced Spectrum computer rather than reviving naturally, and that thereafter he would no longer be truly human but a " mechanical man " akin to an android.

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

Initially the band was essentially a joke band rather than a serious one ; their first " show " was in class singing Marvin Gaye's " Got to Give It Up ", using rolled-up maps as guitars because they could not actually play any instruments.

Initially, he had been a programmer, rather than a music maker.

Initially, the union area outside of Prussia was rather small, yet by 1834 it had grown into the Zollverein which encompassed most of what was to become Germany.

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

Initially believing they are on a peninsula rather than an island, they try to find the non existent connection to the mainland.

Initially, the parliamentary majority put forward Amadou as its sole candidate for the position of prime minister, rather than submit three candidates from which Ousmane would choose the prime minister.

Initially considered to be European rather than English or Scottish, after the First World War it became more prevalent in England in badges of coats relating to the Royal Air Force, or the arms of those with some RAF connection.

Initially based on the rear-wheel drive X-body platform that underpinned the Chevrolet Nova ( a unibody with a bolt-on subframe, common to both GM X and F bodies ), the Seville's unibody and chassis were extensively re-engineered and upgraded from that humble origin and it was awarded the unique designation " K-body " ( rather than " X-special " following the format of the A-special Chevrolet Monte Carlo / Pontiac Grand Prix and B-special Buick Riviera ).

Initially imprisoned in Butyrki prison in Moscow, he was not released following the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement as the Soviet authorities argued that he was not a Pole but rather a Swiss citizen and hence the Amnesty for Polish citizens in the Soviet Union did not apply to him.

Initially, Will is depicted as an honorable, but rather simple, character whose actions are primarily driven by his emotions rather than reason, particularly when someone he cares about is threatened.

Initially the ITP distanced itself from traditional Fascism and Nazism, promoting ' racial separatism ' rather than crude racism.

Initially rather naive, he becomes more cunning during the story as he is confronted with many difficulties: he is separated from Lucia and then unjustly accused of being a criminal.

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, Kerri-Anne caused a resurgence in ratings, with her enthusiasm and her tendency to physically interact with guests ( i. e. doing dance steps with dancers, attempting to play the respective sports of sporting personalities ) rather than confining herself to sit-down interviews.

Initially it used the same format, although it was released in the mornings rather than the afternoon.