Originally designed to breach fortifications, they have evolved from nearly static installations intended to reduce a single obstacle to highly mobile weapons of great flexibility in which now reposes the greater portion of a modern army's offensive capabilities.

The official tourism website of the nation explains this alternative name by stating: Originally called “ Guardia Nobile ” ( Noble Guard ), this name is still sometimes used today to underscore the highly prestigious institutional duties the Corps is called upon to perform.

Originally illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas, and later by Phil Foglio, the highly pun-driven books follow a " demon " magician who has lost his powers and his inexperienced human apprentice as they travel through a variety of worlds in pursuit of finding their place in life, though under the guise of seeking wealth and glory.

Originally a highly agrarian country with nearly 80 % of its population in rural areas, Belarus has been undergoing a process of continuous urbanization.

Originally based on the necessary horse breaking skills of a working cowboy, the event is now a highly stylized competition that utilizes horses that often are specially bred for strength, agility, and bucking ability.

Originally these units used bulky, highly limited transceivers to mediate between a computer and a keyboard and mouse ; however, more recent generations have used small, high-quality devices, some even incorporating Bluetooth.

Originally highly stylized, with " intricate melodies and dark, enigmatic and elaborate lyrics " The canción was democratized by the trova movement in the latter part of the 19th century, when it became a vehicle for the aspirations and feelings of the population.

Originally sold by mail-order for US $ 20 and at only 1500 copies, it became a highly valued collectible, one copy selling for $ 2, 500 on eBay.

Originally a social worker and community organizer, she was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1971 after delivering a highly publicized address on the " ethnic movement " in America.

Originally, Durant was highly skeptical of cars, thinking that they were stinky, loud, and dangerous, to a point where he would not let his daughter ride in one.

* Spartan: Originally intended to be a highly sophisticated cyborg who could " die " and easily be downloaded to another body, Spartan's character has been revised several times.

Originally constructed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, it is presumed to be designed to withstand all but direct nuclear blasts and is likely to be the president's evacuation point in the event of an incoming ICBM ( the main protocols of escape are highly classified ).

Originally found on sailing ships, the lateen sail is used today in a slightly different form on small boats such as the highly popular Sunfish ( dinghy ) | Sunfish.

Originally, its logo was a cartoon fox called " Freddy " whose nose and tail were poking out onto a radio dial which became highly recognisable in the Oxford area as it was distributed widely on car window stickers.

Originally they had in common the Italian language, low budgets, and a recognizable highly fluid, violent, minimalist cinematography that helped eschew ( some said " de-mythologize ") many of the conventions of earlier Westerns.

Originally popular with artists, they are now highly sought-after by other bohemians, and the gentrification of the former manufacturing sectors of medium to large cities is now a familiar pattern.

Originally, in the late 1950s and 1960s, stereophonic sound was marketed as seeming " richer " or " fuller-sounding " than monophonic sound, but these sorts of claims were and are highly subjective, and again, dependent on the equipment used to reproduce the sound.

Originally designed as a quick-reaction immediate-response force that could, if absolutely necessary, use parachutes, it was quickly transformed into a highly specialized parachute force, to be used for special parachute missions in the regular order of battle.

Originally, IWon was highly similar to Yahoo!

Originally intended to be just a member of the ship's party in his role as storekeeper, Bowers quickly distinguished himself as a highly skilled organiser.

Originally, it was highly believed Katherine had in fact died before the series began.

Originally, the Church of England was self-contained and relied for its unity and identity on its own history, its traditional legal and episcopal structure and its status as an established church of the state.

Originally called Rijndael, the cipher was developed by two Belgian cryptographers, Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, who submitted to the AES selection process.

Originally referred to as Baby for several months, she was eventually named Abby May after her mother.

Originally it was only available during a few months of the year, but it is now grown in greenhouses and is available year-round.

Originally, an acre was understood as a selion of land sized at forty perches ( 660 ft ) long and four perches ( 66 ft ) wide ; this may have also been understood as an approximation of the amount of land an ox could plough in one day.

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

Originally it was designed as a successor to PCI type connections.

Originally it was headerless, being simply 8-bit µ-law-encoded data at an 8000 Hz sample rate.

Originally, the B ( wireline ) side license was usually owned by the local phone company, and the A ( non-wireline ) license was given to wireless telephone providers.

' Originally, it was used to cure illness and the ' thing ' was the illness, but I decided to make it the ' thing ' as in the person standing in front of me.

Originally exercised by a single person, the office of Lord High Admiral was from the 18th century onward almost invariably put " in commission " and exercised by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who sat on the Board of Admiralty.

Originally Gaussian frequency-shift keying ( GFSK ) modulation was the only modulation scheme available ; subsequently, since the introduction of Bluetooth 2. 0 + EDR, π / 4-DQPSK and 8DPSK modulation may also be used between compatible devices.

Originally, the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.

( Originally, a team was supposed to be started in Buffalo, but league ownership at the last minute removed that city from their plans in favor of the expansion Boston franchise.

Originally only Radiotext was available.

Originally published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1976, only two years after the first role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was published, this edition is now long out of print.

Originally, costume or fashion jewelry was made of inexpensive simulated gemstones, such as rhinestones or lucite, set in pewter, silver, nickel or brass.

Originally money was a form of receipt, representing grain stored in temple granaries in Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia, then Ancient Egypt.

Originally called Dominion Day (), the name was changed in 1982, the year the Canada Act was passed.

Originally called the Pioneer Mill, it was built by John R. Yale.

Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.