Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...refinement of S?vres or Wedgwood, to see the lack of finish of Koetsu tea bowls. Slumped, pitted, cratered, they seem to preserve the primal character of the earth from which they're made. They're so uneven that you'd think they'd wobble if set on a table. Instead of pattern or fine painting, their surfaces are all drips and cracks that, contemplated in the dim natural light of the teahouse, may suggest large natural events. One of the most beautiful bowls in this show, black glaze on a gritty brown ground, has an almost thunderous gravity that suits...
...time, the University vowed to continue the litigation, the name change notwithstanding. It wanted a "solution that's legally enforceable," instead of merely "an individual's promise," according to Wrinn...
...treaty, but Congress claims the U.S., which has already declared that it will not test nuclear weapons, cannot bind itself to an inflexible treaty. Gore has supported signing the treaty and proving our intentions to disarm more than mere rhetoric, while Bush has congratulated Congress for refusing its ratification. Instead of the signing the CTBT, Bush supports the development of a National Missile Defense, a project that--whatever its merits--is opposed by our allies out of fear that it would upset the balance of power and disrupt the disarmament process...
...Bush's great strength in the debates has been his ability to push off from the specific to the general. Here, he takes the specific of health insurance and makes larger points about trusting people instead of government. He doesn't get mired in the weeds...
...first half, Cornell had seven offensive drives in the second half. Instead of five three-and-outs, however, the Big Red scored five times. Cornell junior quarterback Ricky Rahne broke out his first half slump and lit up the Crimson secondary for 342 yards and four touchdowns in the second half. Conversely, Harvard's offense was unable to move the ball as easily as it had in the first half. The Crimson had its only two turnovers in the second half and was forced to punt on every other possession before the final drive...