Initially derided as a retread choice ("Clueless Joe" ran the headline on the New York Post), Torre's smooth manner proved to be what the team needed.

Initially derided by some mathematical purists, it is now considered essential methodology in certain areas.

Glauber-who initially derided the former representations, later produced the same P-representation under a different name, viz., Sudarshan-Glauber representation or Sudarshan diagonal representation-was the winner instead.

Guy initially derided the group as being copycats on the song "Gotta Be A Leader"- a song from Guy's sophomore album The Future.

Mr. Walsh initially derided the requests as "graymail," implying that the defendants were threatening to expose secrets in order to avoid prosecution.

That effort, though initially derided by rivals when it began in 1997, proved quite successful, by explaining the practical uses of the Internet to I.B.M.'s mainstream corporate customers.

Initially derided by the American press as "appalling", it quickly became a national sensation, playing not just in drive-ins but at midnight showings in indoor theaters across the country.

Their pairing, initially derided as "The Patti and Daddy Show" garnered high ratings.

Though initially derided by other Arabs as tafar'un (meaning lapsing into pharaonism), the Egyptian movements were in time emulated elsewhere:

Initially derided as a waste of public funds, the floodgate protected the village and the inner cove from the worst of the tsunami waves.