Word: instead
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Instead the tribunal concluded that during the years 1975-78, when Nigerian crude was not selling well because of a short-lived world oil glut, the three oil companies, which pump approximately 80% of Nigeria's normal production of some 2 million bbl. daily, had cut back production, at the government's request, to an average of about 1.7 million bbl. a day. Traditionally, the companies had been splitting their production on a 45%-55% basis with the government, for daily liftings of about 1 million bbl. of crude. In order to stay at that level, the companies...
With its huge size and vast mineral resources, Brazil ought to be one of the world's most prosperous nations. Instead a series of policy blunders and punishing outside factors have pushed the colossus of the south once again into a quagmire of economic problems...
Casablancas also realized that the young Venuses who vend every imaginable product in print and on TV could command far higher rates than they were getting. The hourly charge for a top model has trebled (up to $300 an hour) in the past three years. Instead of setting fixed fees for a model's time, Casablancas started negotiating each booking with a canny perception of the client's particular needs and the girl's availability. The whole industry has had to follow suit, with the result that many models' incomes and clients' budgets have skyrocketed...
...their suit the Garveys charge Jordan with breaking an oral agreement to write a "favorable" account of the "special challenges" of their marriage. Instead, they say, his article contains innuendoes, "falsehoods, inventions, gaps and opinions masquerading as facts." Garvey, making an unscheduled appearance on his wife's show, described the profile as "just another opportunity for somebody to take a shot at people who stand up for what we believe in, and that's a strong family, belief in our religion, belief in doing everything we can for people, and I'm tired...
...Superior Court Judge Raul Rosado reasoned that Penny "has no ability to experience humiliation or anxiety. Money has no meaning for her." Pointing to testimony that Penny might survive only ten more years, and estimating that for $1,600 a month she could live in a nursing home instead of her parents' mobile home, Rosado drastically reduced the award to $2,000 a month for life plus a $ 100,000 contingency fund. Each year the monthly payments will increase by $250. An appeal has been filed by Penny's lawyer, Sheldon Deutsch, who cites a report from...