Word: instead
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...best. The actors seem to enjoy the show and the chance to ham it up with a genuinely funny script, and their excitement is infectious. This is not just a two-hour excuse to show a lot of men waltzing around in fake breasts and fancy costumes. Instead, it is an amusing, original--while typically derivative--show, with catchy music (written by Larry O'Keefe) and hilarious lyrics...
Rasmuson was pulling away from the pack when poorly marked flags along the course led her through the men's 7-kilometer route, instead of the women's 4K. The fluke misdirection dropped the Crimson trio into last, but they were invited to the championships anyway on the basis of past performances...
...Nordic Captain Bob Berle said the team entered the weekend with hopes for third place behind Colby and MIT. Instead, the Crimson ended up beating MIT to finish second only to Colby...
Furthermore, the displayer's insistence that he does not intend to offend anyone cannot be taken seriously. If he sincerely did not want to offend, he would discreetly hang the flag on his wall instead of in full public view...
...goes directly into the agency's mainframes. The electronic return bypasses time-consuming steps. It does not have to be sorted at an 18-bin station called a "tingle table," numbered and coded by hand and sent to a keypunch operator who enters the data into IRS computers. Instead, the return goes immediately to the point at which it is checked by the computer for mathematical mistakes. After that, the refund is processed. Result: a check usually reaches taxpayers within three weeks -- or two if the filer authorizes a direct deposit into a bank account...