Initially I certainly had sympathy for Gary Hart.
Olson was surprised that her friend had fallen in love with the architect of the Contract with America: "Initially, you certainly go, 'Wow, this doesn't make a lot of sense.' But, as we've gotten to know him, he is not only married to my friend, he is my friend".
Initially this certainly sounds, as Schapiro alleges, like a highly idiosyncratic projection of Heidegger's own subjective prejudices onto Van Gogh's work.
Initially, it most certainly did not.
"Subject," a recent commission from the organization, certainly initially grated.
I could scarcely believe it and, initially at least, certainly didn't understand it.
Certainly, initially questions about logic and the structure of argument were the things that most appealed to me, the technical side of the subject.
Indeed, I would be tempted to say that the government's view was, certainly, initially, much closer to yours than you think.
"I am not aware from the scientific literature of a case where Ebola has been associated with what we can only assume as life threatening complications after someone has initially recovered, and certainly not so many months after," he said.
She had discussed the case with the chairman, Les Hinton, she said: "I think initially there was certainly concern about the investigation and what it would uncover and where it was going.
