Word: instead
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Last week the deadline came and went without the desperately sought unanimity. Instead there was constitutional confusion and, finally, admission that the controversial agreement was dead. Canada faced the divisive possibility that Quebec would reject any further attempt to negotiate with the other provinces on the issues that had riven the country and consumed so much of its energy. "In the name of all Quebeckers, I want to announce my profound disappointment," said a drawn Premier Robert Bourassa. "English Canada must clearly understand that Quebec is today and forever a distinct society, capable of ensuring its own development...
Faced with a projected 1991 deficit of $3 billion when he took office in January, Florio rejected the back-door approach of relying on increased "user fees" and "sin taxes" (on liquor and cigarettes) so popular among his peers. Instead he became the only Governor of this read-my-lips era to embrace the discarded notion of a progressive tax, which hits New Jersey's wealthiest residents hardest by doubling the bite on their income...
...control of Csepel, Hungary's bicycle monopoly, for $1 million. Before Schwinn arrived, Csepel was producing a single bulky model. To get the venture up to speed, Schwinn doubled the average wage of Csepel employees, to about $210 a month, and demanded that they work full eight-hour shifts instead of leaving early to moonlight. Schwinn installed new painting and welding equipment and developed sporty new models. The company expects the improvements to pay off later this year when the joint venture starts exporting a new line of low-priced, 18-gear mountain bikes to the U.S. and West Germany...
Mornings are reserved for language skills and social studies, with students grouped by their proficiency in English instead of their age. In the afternoons, youngsters of all abilities are thrown together to study two subjects, which are taught for three weeks straight, then switched. After three weeks of computer writing and library research, for example, a student might spend the next three investigating art and music. The aim: to help children learn by giving them concentrated doses of material...
...hour. Then it runs out of gas or fizzles out, as Gremlins 2 pretends to and ultimately does. At the climax, when other movies are accelerating, a dyna- movie must slow down in a vain search for emotional heft. By the end, viewers may be exhausted from information overload. Instead of leaving the theater with a rosy glow or warm tears, dyna-moviegoers feel like a James Bond vodka martini. They have been shaken but not stirred...