Word: instead
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...this tour is set up for one long show per night, instead...
Washington. Ever since he lost to Democrat Dixy Lee Ray in 1976, King County Executive John Spellman, 53, anticipated with relish another battle with the crusty lady this year. Instead the Republican faced-and defeated-Seattle State Senator James McDermott, 43, who had trounced Ray in the Democratic primary. The two men clashed on nearly every issue: McDermott opposed an oil pipeline under Puget Sound and favored restricting log exports so that the wood could be processed within the state, thereby creating additional jobs; Spellman backed the pipeline and supported the exports. McDermott, a psychiatrist by profession, admitted that projected...
...government. Before Iraq launched its war against Iran on Sept. 22, the ruling mullahs had been vulnerable to charges from the left that any compromise with the U.S. would be inconsistent with the "anti-imperialist struggle." But the war gave Khomeini and his followers a valuable pretext: to stress instead the immediate threat of Iraq and to bill American concessions as a "defeat for the Great Satan." The clergy-controlled press and broadcasting have been harping on these two themes ever since it became apparent that a deal was possible...
...designing a complete "teleconferenceing" network so that key company employees can confer with one another visually by use of satellite hook-and wall-sized projection screens. Starting in 1982, executives in Philadelphia or Dallas will not have to fly to Los Angeles for their regular weekly meeting. Instead they will walk to a room equipped for a teleconference. The system, part of a $20 million company-wide communications effort, is expected to save the company $50 million to $60 million annually in travel costs...
...group therapy, individual psychotherapy or behavior modification-the standard treatments-some women cut down on their binges, but so far cures are unknown. Says Shanesey: "If we could get them to binge-purge once every three weeks instead of four or five times a week, that would be a start." One of the few things known for certain about bulimarectics is that they hate to cook for friends. Reason: they are afraid they will eat all the food before the guests arrive...