Originally hired as an easel painter, in 1935 Alston became the first African American supervisor to work for the WPA's Federal Art Project in New York, which would also serve as his first mural work.

Originally known as Reno Junction ( descendants of Major Reno from Custer's troop resided in the area ), the town was renamed " Wright " after the owner of the Long Branch Bar, Dale Wright, who agreed to sell land to Atlantic Richfield Corporation, the developer of the Black Thunder Mine, who planned to build the town to accommodate the work force that would be hired to operate the mine.

Originally unsatisfied with Allen ’ s script, he hired Hugh Wheeler to rewrite and revise Allen ’ s work.

Originally, rumors swirled that former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator and Philadelphia Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan would be hired as the team's coach ; ultimately, Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus was hired for the position.

Originally, he was hired to work as a wiring assistant but because of his willingness to learn, he quickly became an electrician.

Originally, she was hired for only one episode, and her character was supposed to die at the end of the hour.

Originally hired as one of several stunt performers for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, he ended up landing the part of the Dark Lord Sauron.

Originally, Diaghilev approached the Russian composer Anatoly Lyadov, but later hired Stravinsky to compose the music.

Originally hired to rule panel borders, erase pencils and fill in blacks for other illustrators, he sat next the teenaged artist Frank Frazetta.

Originally hired to work on DirectX, he co-wrote the initial Xbox proposal, and helped assemble the team that designed and built the device.

Originally hired for the nine-to-noon slot, he was shifted to morning drive shortly after his arrival, and soon became the number one deejay in town.

* Elizabeth " Betty " Roberts ( Amanda Naughton ) – Originally an unpaid writing intern at WENN, Betty is hired as a salaried writer after resolving a crisis at the station in the first episode.

Originally, some 20, 000 soldiers from various Pashtun tribes ( Yusafzai, Ghori, Ghilzai, Barech, Marwat, Durrani, Tanoli, Tareen, Kakar, Afridi and Khattak ) were hired by Mughals to provide soldiers to the Mughal armies and this was appreciated by Aurangzeb Alamgir, an additional force of 25, 000 men was given respected positions in Mughal Army.

Originally hired to write the Zoo TV tour programme, he played music from inside a Trabant on the B-stage, while providing commentary and wearing a cape and top hat.

Originally hired as an editorial researcher at Life Magazine, he eventually became the magazine ’ s movie editor before moving to Time Magazine, where he was the film critic.

Originally Douglas Trumbull was to do the special effects, but that was not to be so Jodorowsky hired Dan O ’ Bannon to replace him.

Originally, Taylor's band was initially hired to accompany Dick Whitmore, but Whitmore quit after three nights, giving the job to Taylor.

Originally, when the film came to Columbia and looked ready to be made, Aratow hired David Newman to write the script.

Originally, some 20, 000 soldiers from various Pashtun Tribes ( Yusafzais, Ghoris, Lodis, Ghilzai, Barech, Marwat, Durrani, Tanoli, Tarin, Kakar, Khattak, Afridi and Baqarzai ) were hired by Mughals to provide soldiers to the Mughal armies and this was appreciated by Aurangzeb Alamgir, an additional force of 25, 000 men was given respected positions in Mughal Army.

Originally a magazine named Casseta Popular and a humour newspaper called O Planeta Diário ( in a nod to Clark Kent's Daily Planet ), the two teams joined forces and were hired by Rede Globo to become writers for the network's comedy shows, starting with TV Pirata in 1988.

Originally hired by the club as Special Assistant to the General Manager in the fall of 1984, McIlhargey was responsible for establishing the Canucks Alumni Association and a number of scouting assignments.

" Byrnes was hired on a tight schedule and says, " Originally, I knew I was doing this one episode Watchers " where we were going to introduce the character and then we were going to take it from there.

Originally William trained as a soldier, which provided a much greater insight into the details of war than the typical medieval clerical writer.

Originally named Lyon Satolas Airport, in 2000 the airport and train station were renamed in honour of Lyonnais aviation pioneer and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l ' Académie française who died in the Second World War.

Originally described by Scottish writer and naturalist Robert Kerr in 1793 as Psittacus hollandicus, the Cockatiel ( or cockateel ) was moved to its own genus, Nymphicus, by Wagler in 1832.

Originally from Bexley, Ohio ( a suburb of Columbus ), Greene attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and became a reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Sun-Times upon graduating in 1969, receiving a regular column in the paper within two years.

Originally intended to be a 24-issue bi-monthly series, the series was on hold from 2001 and 2003 due to illness of writer Warren Ellis and other commitments by Cassaday.

Originally a literary scholar, poet and children's literature writer Yandarbiyev became a leader in the Chechen nationalist movement as the Soviet Union began to collapse.

Originally an apolitical writer, he suffered a breakdown after the Communist Revolution in 1949 and the subsequent restrictions on writing.

Originally created by writer / editor R. D. Low and artist Dudley D. Watkins, the strip made its first appearance in the issue dated 8 March 1936.

Originally modeled in Max Payne after the game's writer Sam Lake, Max's appearance was remodeled after professional actor Timothy Gibbs for Max Payne 2 ; James McCaffrey returned as the voice of Max.

Originally Bob Layton, writer of the first five issues of X-Factor, had intended to use the Owl as the Alliance of Evil's mysterious master ( mentioned in X-Factor # 4 ( May 1986 ).

Originally published as The Secret Ascension by Tor Books in 1987 ( but subsequently reprinted with the author's preferred title ), this work is an homage to writer Philip K. Dick, a pastiche of his style, and includes an alternate reality version of Dick as a character.

Originally one of Soundgarden's main songwriters, Thayil's contributions as a writer eventually dwindled to just one song on Down on the Upside, " Never the Machine Forever ", although he contributed to details in every song, as did every band member.

Originally known as Speedball, the character was created by artist Steve Ditko and writer Tom DeFalco, initially as a candidate for Marvel's separate New Universe imprint.

The Commitments ( 1987 ) ( Originally called The Partitions ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy.

Originally created for Marvel's Generation 2 comic series, the character was named in reaction to the unrealistic sales expectations the publisher put on writer Simon Furman, and is a pun on the phrase " gee, axe us ", anticipating the short life of the series.

Originally a gold mining township of over 1, 500 people, it is now permanent home to only about 30 residents-among them Booker Prize-winning writer Keri Hulme, landscape photographer Andris Apse.

Originally, the term derived from confession: the writer is not only autobiographically recounting his life, but confessing to his sins.

Originally written by Scott Richardson, the screenplay was rewritten by Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas because Lorimar Productions felt that Richardson was a " baby writer " and not experienced enough to take on the responsibility of a starring vehicle for a rock icon of Dylan's stature.

Originally in The Curse of Fenric writer Ian Briggs planned to reveal in Part One that Ace was no longer a virgin, however Producer John Nathan-Turner forced Briggs to cut this.

Originally Stephen Jones hoped his older brother, Bob IV, would " take the administrative side of the presidency " allowing Stephen to concentrate on the " preaching, traveling, people side " of the position ; but his brother left the university to become a freelance writer.

Originally written by Sarracini, Simon Furman came on board to do a 2-part filler story and ended up as the ongoing writer as a result.

Originally trained as a psychologist he is now a self-supporting writer and lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, at the heart of his beloved North Wessex countryside.