Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

Initially grateful, Jonah's anger returns the next day, when God sends a worm to eat the plant, withering it, and he tells God that it would be better if he were dead.

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, McElwee thought the film would be a " synthesis of Backyard and Space Coast ," but the day after filming the Scottish games, his sister " said — somewhat seriously, somewhat joking —' You should use the camera as a way to meet women.

Initially developed by ASARCO, it reached full production of 3, 400 tons / day of ore in August 1988.

Initially, director Jane Howell wanted to set the play in present day Northern Ireland, but she ultimately settled on a more conventional approach.

Initially, treatment usually takes the form of reducing the pressure on the affected area through repositioning of the baby onto his or her abdomen for extended periods of time throughout the day.

Initially, the paid fire service only covered New York City ( present day Manhattan ), until the act of 1865 which united Brooklyn with New York to form the Metropolitan District.

Initially eruptions were taking place on average eight times a day.

Initially an agrarian organization associated with the policies of the Grange, from 1878 the organization took the name Greenback Labor Party and attempted to forge a farmer-labor alliance, adding industrial reforms to its agenda, such as support of the 8-hour day and opposition to the use of state or private force to suppress union strikes.

Initially, the day was called the Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001.

Initially the broadcast was for a few hours each day but has since evolved into a full channel that operates twenty-four hours a day.

Initially, it may have served as the monks ' day room and accommodation for novices, but as time went on it may have been converted into the misericord where the monks — initially only the sick, but by the later middle ages the whole convent — could eat meat dishes not normally allowed in the main dining hall.

Initially, the White House claimed to have fired Ruckelshaus, but as The Washington Post article written the next day pointed out, " The letter from the President to Bork also said Ruckelshaus resigned.

Initially, the station ran Christian programs about six hours a day.

Initially, he had successes against Sima Lun's troops and was almost able to capture Sima Lun's mansion, during the course of one day.

Initially, there were only twenty-four boys, of whom eleven were day boys, six masters and two houses, named Mr McDowall's ( No. 1 ) and Mr Drew's ( No. 2 ), but the new school's expansion was rapid.

Initially regarded by the critical cognoscenti and ' hip ' music-lovers of the day as strictly an easy-listening chart hit, Alpert's unusually expressive recording of " This Guy's in Love with You " now enjoys appeal well beyond the so-called mainstream.

Initially broadcast live from 7: 30 PM ET until midnight each weekday and all day Saturdays and Sundays, the channel extended its live programming to 24 hours in January 1987.

Initially when Teletoon launched in 1997, it had several blocks or planets devoted to certain content and showed more mature fare as the day progressed, with a strong commitment to air diverse and international programming, as well as the ability to air a great majority of material uncut.

Initially, the station was only on air for a few hours a day ( 6. 30am to 1pm and 4pm to 6pm during the week with weekend programming restricted to 8am until around 2pm ) and carried BBC Radio 2 the rest of the time.

Initially RnaG broadcast for only a handful of hours a day and was only available in or near the three largest Gaeltacht districts, but following the putting in place of a fourth RTÉ national radio transmitter network ( used for RTÉ lyric fm ), the station expanded to 24 hours from 1 October 2001.

Initially a tropical depression, favorable conditions allowed for strengthening into Tropical Storm Danielle later that day.

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 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.