Mr. Negroponte's delayed nomination was initially perceived as a sign of the Bush administration's disdain for the United Nations.
Tobacco and chocolate were initially perceived as either poisonous or medicinal, as were tomatoes, a member of the nightshade family.
And the general, initially perceived as a hawk, surprised his detractors by reaching out to India's prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, at the Agra summit last July.
I'd initially perceived the character as yet another variation on the cable anti-hero, his "bad" qualities really just sexy scars.
Weidman Powers found that many in the industry initially perceived students who began programming in college as less serious about the field.
The burgeoning women's movement became uneasy; what feminists had initially perceived as empowering was beginning to look very much like the opposite.
Their success on the field bought them some tolerance from São Paulo's professional class, which initially perceived them as anarchists and bearded Commies.
iTunes was initially perceived as a money-losing operation, but without it the iPod would have been a good-looking but not terribly useful piece of hardware.
Colangelo was initially perceived as giving Showalter a lukewarm endorsement to continue as manager, but yesterday he said: "Buck and I are fine.
In these bland surroundings, the flamboyantly modern building, devoted exclusively to contemporary art, was initially perceived as out of place, even a little bizarre.
"Mobiles were initially perceived as a niche product, for business people, unaffordable by ordinary people," he says, so this seemed the obvious method to adopt.
