Word: instead
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...they miscalculate when the war starts and hit New York instead of Moscow, analysts believe they'll only kill half the people living on Long Island. But the Statue of Liberty will still be there. --R.O.B...
...hardy farmer who forged the American frontier in the 19th century had 40 acres of land, a mule and a couple of good milk cows. But that was in the days before rent-a-cow. Instead of spending up to $2,000 to buy a dairy cow, some 300 U.S. farmers have turned to the Quality Holstein Leasing company of Tennessee Colony, Texas, the Hertz for cattle, where they can rent a cow for as little...
...Ananda M. Chakrabarty made a significant discov ery. Chakrabarty knew that cer tain bacteria are able to break up hydrocarbons. What he found was that the genes responsible for this capacity are not contained in the bacterium's single chromosome, or principal repository of DNA, the genetic times Instead, they reside in small, auxiliary parcels of genes, called plasmids, elsewhere in the cell. Taking plasmids from three oil-eating bacteria, Chakrabarty transplanted them into a fourth, thereby creating a crossbred version with a voracious appetite...
Borg's most difficult matches, oddly enough, have not occurred during the pressure-packed finals of major tournaments. Instead, he is shakiest in the early rounds, "before I have a chance to get the feel of the court, the atmosphere of the tournament, the sense of my game." Ironically, his opening round opponent at Wimbledon is Egypt's Ismail El Shafei, 32, one of three players to beat Borg there. He eliminated the Swede in the third round of the 1974 Wimbledon...
...spectators at Olympic Stadium (capacity: 77,269) and the million or so others at some 400 closed-circuit television locations in North America were expecting a classic confrontation between an artist and a brawler. But from the start, Leonard fought out of character. Instead of dancing and circling on his toes, taking advantage of his longer reach, he tried to punch it out with the challenger. Unfortunately for Sugar Ray, however, he seemed to have left his jackhammer left jab back home in Palmer Park, Md. Explained Leonard: "I felt I could hit him with my best shots flatfooted...