Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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These are opinions, yes, but more importantly, opinions unashamedly masquerading as fact; and it is this last metamorphosis that has marked this season's discussions and dissections of Character. The usual yellow journalism--facts told selectively and with an opinionated bias--has instead become a kind of soft war in which the authors' and commentators' personal feelings about the candidates are given precedence and a slightly factual spin...
...understandable that we should want to ferret out the deepest motives and incongruities of the people we choose to represent the nation. But the public search for intangibles has led not to intangibility at all, and instead, to a series of soft "facts"--a tearful hug, a passionate kiss, a supporter who has traveled the country to be here tonight--meant to stand in its stead...
Stone said she probably won't keep consistent lines throughout the course of the season or even individual games. Instead, she expects Botterill, Ingram and the seniors to play several positions and do a lot of double-shifting to maximize their scoring opportunities...
...Still, the boom in online learning of the last few years has made me a bit queasy - and not only because of my technological insecurities. The idea of spending four years at home looking at Windows instead of sitting in a lively classroom looking out windows seemed about as much fun as screening prospective dates over the Web versus scoping them out in person. I could see the convenience factor for students balancing graduate study with jobs and families, older students looking for enrichment or far-flung recruits in the U.S. Army, which just launched a $600 million online learning...
...Instead, said the RNC tacticians, Bush had to ensure that the election be about personality and likeability. But it also had to subtly be about Bill Clinton. So the primary remaining task has been to color Gore not just as less likable than Bush. There had to be a way of linking him to Bill Clinton so that Bush could run against Clinton...