The White House initially maintained a near-silence about the role of Obama, not wanting to endanger the release of the journalists.

为不危机两位记者的获释，白宫开始对奥巴马的表态表示了几近沉默的态度。

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But Mr Obama has previously told how Dylan, invited to play at the White House, was initially reluctant to accept the invitation.

但是，奥巴马此前曾表示，受邀到白宫表演时迪伦起初并不大愿意接受邀请。

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Steve Jobs was opposed to the idea of white products initially, but was convinced to use white as Apple's primary colour for its products by Apple's designer Sir Jony Ive.

最初乔布斯反对使用白色作为苹果公司所有产品的基本色，但最终被设计师乔纳森·伊夫说服。

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Initially, the White House asked for a permanent extension of these breaks, before accepting a two-year extension, some of it applied retroactively, in the face of resistance from the Senate GOP.

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The White House initially hoped that the younger Kim, who studied at a boarding school in Switzerland, would prove more willing to engage the West and promote economic and political reforms in his country.

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But the view in the Romney camp is that they still have more highly motivated voters and that it will be hard for Mr. Obama to repeat the fervor he generated four years ago in winning the White House initially.

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