#initial

While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously. ↗

— Lisa Guerrero

#initial #reticence #seriously #some #take

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter. ↗

— Stephen Hadley

#deeds #encouraging #end #end of the day #going

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#clark #dave #five #funky #going

Most companies that are great at something - like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores - do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us) because they are afraid to hurt their initial business. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#aol #because #become #bookstores #borders

So much of the downstream revenue is linked to that initial excitement, to how much revenue is produced in the domestic box office. For example, what we pay for a film three years later is highly correlated to how well it did in the box office. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#box office #did #domestic #downstream #example

What that means initially is that you have alot of products that are only slightly better games in the same genre on another machine - and the titles that really take advantage of the machine come along later. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#along #alot #another #better #come

I began by doing physical yoga, initially just for the workout, as exercise. I would get peaceful and calm at the end of it, and I was curious about that. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#began #calm #curious #doing #end

What I wasn't prepared for were the feelings of anxiety that it stirred in me. I wasn't prepared for the initial feeling of I don't want to have to do that again. I was scared. ↗

— Mariel Hemingway

#anxiety #feeling #feelings #i #initial

I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#always #beats #bit #context #even