The Bundesrat's decision is only an initial step in what could be a very long process.
The service introduced Tuesday was not Google's full offering but an initial step in that direction, according to the company.
The European Coal and Steel Community represented only an initial step in the movement for European integration.
Shortly after May 1705 a secretaryship of war and finance was created, an initial step in Orry's governmental reform program.
"You can consider this as an initial step in the formation of the police force in Afghanistan," a senior government official said today.
As an initial step in June, the United Nations mission presented a report to Iraq's Presidency Council on four areas: Akra, Hamdaniya, Mahmour and Mandali.
Mr. Moriarty said that the study was an initial step in helping local officials to identify problems that could lead to high illness rates in their communities.
Jean Afterman, their assistant general manager, traveled there in August as an initial step in forging a working agreement between the Yankees and the Giants.
US Airways said on Wednesday that it was cutting 13percentt of its 1,550 daily mainline flights as an initial step in its restructuring.
The designations made public on Tuesday were characterized as an initial step in putting states on notice that they may have to submit more pollution control plans.
Mr. Eide's overtures, which he described in the BBC interview as "talks about talks," were an initial step in that direction.
