Initially, there seemed to be no similarity between the cases.
Though there were some complaints about ballot-stuffing and other skulduggery, initially there seemed to be little of the widespread electoral malfeasance that had marred previous Russian elections.
Initially there seemed to be good news in the figures, as 253m units of alcohol were removed through the introduction of lower-alcohol products and the reformulation of existing drinks, making the 2015 target look achievable.
But, initially, there seemed to be another mystery surrounding Grantchester: why had ITV scheduled it for Monday nights when Sunday, that traditional day of rest and period drama, would seem to be the natural home for such an assured blend of mannered sleuthing and errant flock-tending?
Initially there seemed to be some confusion among the US media, who landed in Marine Three minutes before the president, and who appeared to have forgotten UK vehicles have their driving seats on the opposite side to those in the US.
"Our Facebook account manager initially said there seemed to be an issue with the script, that we weren't allowed to be 'accusing'," says Gurjar.
Apart from the voices of a few human rights advocates there seems, initially at least, to be a mood here of silent consent for any measures that might combat it.
When you initially think about the link between pornography use and erectile dysfunction there seems to be a nice, common-sense line of thought.
Initially, the frogs there seemed healthy.
When people first started discovering all of these tubulin and actin homologs in bacteria, many of us were initially amazed at how many there seem to be, with each one apparently tuned for a single specific purpose.
