Word: instead
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...obscenities of war, none is as inexcusable as the deliberate slaughter of civilians. Yet much of the world is silent now, though millions of innocent Africans stand in jeopardy of extinction. These people will not die by the sword or the other traditional implements of war. Instead, they will be slain by one of the cruelest weapons of any era -- starvation. They will die slowly and painfully; in a world of abundance, they will die hungry...
...Instead of suspicion, Stuart was showered with sympathy. The media apotheosized the couple as starry-eyed lovers out of Camelot cut down by an urban savage. Some politicians attended Carol's funeral; others called for the death penalty. Mayor Raymond Flynn ordered all available detectives to work on the case. Hundreds of men in Mission Hill whose only connection to the case was that they were young and black were stopped and frisked...
Dawley had spoken to Matthew earlier. Now he told Charles it would be a conflict to represent either of them. Dawley gave Charles a list of four defense attorneys and suggested that he go to a nearby phone booth and call one. Instead, between 9:30 and 10 o'clock that night, Stuart checked into Room 231 of the Sheraton-Tara in Braintree, a Boston suburb. The clerk remembers that he had no luggage, used a credit card and asked for a 4:30 a.m. wake-up call...
...hindsight, all the holes in Stuart's story look painfully obvious. Why did Stuart, who had been to Brigham and Women's Hospital several times before, drive to Mission Hill instead of toward his house after the childbirth class? Why did the robber not shoot him first rather than his less threatening wife? After the assailant jumped out of the car, why didn't Charles head back toward the hospital instead of driving around aimlessly? During the 13 minutes he was on the phone with the dispatcher, he could not identify any street signs or landmarks in a city where...
Appallingly, Exxon workers were warned of the possibility of a rupture but did not act. The pipeline, which connects an Exxon refinery with storage tanks, had a leak-detection system in place that flashed an alarm when the accident occurred. But instead of shutting down the pipeline, which would have kept the spill to a minuscule amount, employees failed to take the alarm seriously for nearly six hours. Reason: the safety system was known to be defective and had frequently sent out false alarms...