"Initially,you know, I would get made fun of for playing soccer.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

"The group that had the training initially had a fifty percent greater reduction in their mortality rate and that was greater reduction than the control group, the group that didn't have the training initially."

VOA: special.2010.10.20

News about the two kidnappings was initially withheld from the public while authorities worked to secure the release of the reporters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Officials initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

A company manager tells VOA that GM expects to lose money initially, but hopes to make the Volt profitable in future years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

that 'we tried initially, during the first three years of Gorbachev's tenure, to improve the system accelerate it but keep it intact.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Russia is particularly irritated by Ukrainian attempts to honor veterans who fought against Soviets and Nazis after initially mistaking Germans as liberators.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

After initially resisting the government's push, the grandes ecoles say they will try to meet the 30 percent goal within three years.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Virginia Democratic Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia was initially a supporter of the war in Afghanistan,but no more.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Authorities initially blamed the women, but witnesses and the family said the LUKoil car was to blame.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

He initially supported U.N.intervention but worries that East Timor is becoming too dependent on outside help.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Al-Zaidi was initially sentenced to three years behind bars, but the term was later reduced, and he was granted additional time off for good behavior.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Initially systems were given away. Today,growing numbers of villagers are purchasing and maintaining the equipment.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

The chance to walk again is what initially draws him to a distant, dangerous moon.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19