Though queer trailblazers Marc Almond and Boy George initially hesitated to say they were gay, and avoided male pronouns, Frankie's Relax – the video's leather-bar orgy was a first – and Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy – the video's portrait of cruising and homophobia were firsts, too – were landmarks, gay lib in full flow.
It is also understandable why America initially hesitated about how to deal with al-Qaeda prisoners.
He said he initially "hesitated" to run Ward's story, and did so only after columnists addressed the issue.
Sitting in a chair at the Ultimate Choice Barber Shop in Charlotte, Brian Gainey, 28, a truck driver, initially hesitated when asked if he was going to vote again for Mr. Obama.
Iman emphasised how her love for Bowie centred on the man, David Jones, not the rock-star who she initially hesitated to enter into a relationship with.
Officials had initially hesitated to publicly acknowledge Russia's economic troubles, brought on by a steep drop in oil prices and the worldwide financial downturn.
Britain's government initially hesitated to help the auto industry, saying that it needed to protect taxpayers' money and that the company owners should be responsible for supporting the automakers.
He sheds little new light on his relationship with Mrs. Clinton, simply noting that he always admired her mix of idealism and practicality, and that she initially hesitated over his marriage proposal, knowing that "being married to me would be a high-wire operation in more ways than one".
Also, he initially hesitated to write on human evolution because events in India made it extremely difficult to get crucial information from his reliable source there, Edward Blyth.
