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It was controversial at first.

"The boost jump was controversial at first," admits Condrey.

When Aragonés called the team La Roja, it was controversial at first.

"It was controversial at first," Mr. Grinspun said, "but the strategy has paid off in the long run".

The "law of octaves," thus enunciated, was controversial at first but later was recognized as an important generalization in modern chemical theory.

Google's decision to allow its staff to spend 20% of their paid-for time to work on whatever they want was controversial at first, but has started to spread.

It would be controversial at first, but soon people would tune in by the thousands.

Most skyscrapers were controversial at first, for their design or for blocking treasured views of an older London landmark such as St Paul's.

Sales grew after 2001 along with interest in Afghanistan -- rugs depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center were controversial at first, but soon began selling briskly as collectors' items.

The use of "Baby Carlos" in the first "Hangover" was controversial; at one point, the film's lead characters (played by Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) leave him alone in the back of a car with the window slightly cracked.

The £30 fee was "controversial" at a school where almost a third of children are from deprived backgrounds, admits Nichols, but it raised £3,000, which will be invested in improving the children's dining experience, with new plates, tablecloths and flowers on the tables.