Word: instead
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Church in which I was raised was far different from the Church of my mother. In its liturgy, its emphasis on forgiveness instead of damnation, and its relative openness to involvement of lay members, today's Catholic Church has made tremendous strides in the past 25 years. In my lifetime, I expect ot see a similar renewal of the Church as it faces a whole new set of challenges presented by the changes of the 21st century...
...weather didn't cooperate with the runners. Torrential rains and ankle-deep mud prevented Harvard from running. Instead, it waded...
...blue-and-gray fabrics and contoured seating reminded airline experts of the old line about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Just a week earlier the airline had veered away from a return trip to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, from which it had emerged four years ago. Instead Continental may try to raise cash by selling off some of its valuable routes and other assets. Like many of its competitors, Continental has been caught in a powerful economic downdraft at a time when the airline was expanding and ill-prepared for trouble...
Some of the most ingenious cost-cutting measures are those dreamed up by Continental's Fuel Conservation Task Force. Seventeen fuel-guzzling old Series 10 DC-9s and 727-100s have been grounded. Airplanes will taxi out to the runway on one engine instead of two. Airliners parked at the gates will be heated and cooled by ground-based units instead of onboard auxiliary-power systems. Someone even figured out that by removing all those little armrest ashtrays -- since passengers can no longer smoke on domestic trips -- Continental can reduce aircraft weight by 50 lbs. a flight. While that...
...study, however, the researchers were not examining older women. Instead, they were trying to find out why one group of young women -- marathon runners -- seemed to be peculiarly predisposed to osteoporosis. The researchers theorized that disruptions in the runners' menstrual cycles might be at fault. But to their surprise, when they compared the marathoners with women who ran for recreation and others who engaged in no special physical activity, the researchers found that menstrual disturbances were common in all three groups...