Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Instead, the tower's real appeal lies in the myriad opportunities it provides for members of the House's youngest class to get to know each another...
...truth to this statement. Most who use guns for violent crimes are smart enough to acquire them illegally. If someone is going to be running drugs or robbing liquor stores, they are probably not attending gun shows at local expo centers or stores where they must deal with licensing. Instead, they turn to the illegal market for guns; something only controllable through tougher crime measures. This market is what needs regulating...
...compelling, more gun laws do seem objectionable on the grounds of pragmatism. They are not accomplishing the goals that prompted more legislation in the first place. We need to use our system's current penalties to show drug dealers and violent criminals that their actions will not be tolerated. Instead, we continue to live in a culture where people just cry out for more and more federal legislation every time the weather changes...
...Iowa and New Hampshire. Aides started rooming together on the road and even gave up their catered lunches, making do with cold cuts from the nearest supermarket. The motorcades were scaled back, and Gore switched from photo ops to town meetings, where his command of the issues could shine. Instead of staging events in the afternoon, to make the evening news, he began doing them at night, to make contact with voters. The campaign canvassed New Hampshire by phone and on foot and invited 2,800 undecided voters to the first round of town halls in October. Gore stayed...
...when he finally switched from Oxford don to Hulk Hogan, Bradley went too much against type. He and Gore both looked like the Bickersons, but Bradley was judged by a higher standard. Instead of concentrating on issues ("I did vote for flood relief"), he went personal ("My opponent is a liar, and he hit me first...