Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a gas balloon.

Originally presented in the 19th century but popularized in the mid-20th century, the idea of a prehistoric opposition between the * Asurás and the * Devás had already been largely rejected by Avesta scholars when a landmark publication ( Hale, 1986 ) attracted considerable attention among Vedic scholars.

Originally presented in an upper room of City Hall, it moved to the Merchant's Exchange when that proved to be too small.

Originally, the trophy presented to the event's winner was the Challenge Belt, a red leather belt with a silver buckle.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording, the honor was presented to artists for eligible songs or albums.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, the award was first presented to Bob Dylan in 1980.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, the award was first presented to Bruce Springsteen in 1988 for the album Tunnel of Love.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, the award was first presented to Donna Summer in 1980.

Originally released as a French-language concept album, the first musical-stage adaptation of Les Misérables was presented at a Paris sports arena, the Palais des Sports, in 1980.

Originally, for the first several weeks, the company presented original improvised plays from outlines that had already created in a space in the back room of a bar near the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park.

Originally these programs were used to generate 35 mm slides, to be presented using a slide projector.

Originally, the position of the princeps was one of honor: he had the privilege of speaking first on the topic presented by the presiding magistrate.

Originally presented as the author's thesis ( master — Université de Montréal ), 1984, under the title: L ' architecture de la Banque de Montréal à la Place d ' Armes.

Originally hosted by Walt Disney himself, the series presented animated cartoons and other material ( some original, some pre-existing ) from the studio library.

Originally a play by Peter Morgan that was developed from a series of interviews, Frost / Nixon was presented both in London and on Broadway.

Originally called the Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet, the award was first presented to Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap at the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988 for the single " Make No Mistake, She's Mine ".

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording ( Vocal or Instrumental ), the award was first presented to Bill Monroe in 1989.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Polka Recording, the award was first presented to Frankie Yankovic in 1986.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best New Age Recording, the honor was first presented to Swiss musician Andreas Vollenweider at the 29th Grammy Awards in 1987 for his album Down to the Moon.

Originally known as the Grammy Award for Classical Producer of the Year, the award was first presented to James Mallinson at the 22nd Grammy Awards ( 1980 ).

Originally, He-Man was presented in drawings and wax sculptures to the Mattel executives as a barbarian, a soldier, and a spaceman.

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Video, Short Form, the award was first presented in 1984, as was a similar award for Best Long Form Music Video.

Originally known as John Craven's Newsround, it was mostly presented by John Craven between 4 April 1972 and 22 June 1989.

Originally presented as a Pas d ' action à trois with choreography by Samuil Andrianov in 1915 for a new production at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre of Marius Petipa's 1899 revival of Le Corsaire.

Originally designed as a lightweight anchor for seaplanes, this design consists of two plow-like blades mounted to a shank, with a folding stock crossing through the crown of the anchor.

Originally a cupbearer ( Rabshaqe ) to a king of Kish with a Semitic name, Ur-Zababa, Sargon thus became a gardener, responsible for the task of clearing out irrigation canals.

Originally called the Binghamton Public Library, it was created with a gift of $ 75, 000 from Carnegie.

Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the effective range of personal weapons.

Originally published in modern Hebrew, with a running commentary to facilitate learning, his Steinzaltz edition of the Talmud has also been translated into English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Originally the teachers communicated with the children via radio, but now satellite telecommunication is used instead.

Originally combined with the Book of Nehemiah in a single book of Ezra-Nehemiah, the two became separated in the early centuries of the Christian era.

Originally, demonstration aircraft were navy blue ( nearly black ) with gold lettering.

Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.

Originally, the Spanish had ordered regulations on trade with Cuba, which kept the island from becoming a dominant sugar producer.

Originally rebuffed by her in the early-1920s, Chiang managed to ingratiate himself to some degree with Soong May-ling's mother by first divorcing his wife and concubines, and promising to eventually convert to Christianity.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Originally performed with two-handed comb scoops, dry picking is today accomplished by motorized, walk-behind harvesters which must be small enough to traverse beds without damaging the vines.

Originally simply a list of kings with reign lengths, the other details contained in the Poppleton Manuscript version were added from the tenth century onwards.

Originally simply a list of kings with reign lengths, the other details contained in the Poppleton Manuscript version were added in the 10th and 12th centuries.

Originally during his appearances in Action Comics and later in his own magazine, the Man of Steel would strip to his costume and stand revealed as Superman, often with the transformation having already been completed.

Originally, it was a summer program for disadvantaged youth, although it has grown into an AmeriCorps-sponsored non-profit organization with six regional offices that serve Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota.

Originally the IDF issued two circular aluminium tags ( 1948 – late 1950s ) stamped in 3 lines with Serial number, Family Name, and First Name.

Originally, strips featuring the President of the United States would show an external view of the White House, with dialogue emerging from inside.

Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth.

Originally DBMSs were found only in large organizations with the computer hardware needed to support large data sets.

Originally colonized by the French, Diego Garcia was ceded, along with the rest of the Chagos Archipelago, to the United Kingdom in the Treaty of Paris ( 1814 ) at the conclusion of a portion of the Napoleonic Wars.

Originally, the Alpha processors were designated the DECchip 21x64 series, with " DECchip " replaced in the mid-1990s with " Alpha ".