Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...easy to design drugs that choose their targets this efficiently. In fact, it’s so difficult that drug companies have hardly ever tried. They’ve relied instead on trial and error, testing hundreds of potential drugs in animals to find a few that actually cure without killing. But these molecular crapshoots are terribly wasteful, which is why drug designers are today turning to a computer science known as bioinformatics to fuel their endless quest for newer drugs and better targets...
...Teapots. No more remaking-the-tea-for-every-cup, visiting the hot-water canister yet again, getting the blend just right three drinks at a time. Instead, the kettle is put on, some large amount of time passes before it begins to whistle (enough to read at least one good article from the New York Times Magazine), and the pot is filled with real (loose-leaf) tea. This tea, brewed correctly, stays warm for the entire two-and-a-half glasses, enough to finish the magazine...
...Instead of "compassionate conservatism," GOP leaders have begun peddling a different phrase: "common-sense conservative policies." What's common-sense conservative policies? An accelerated missile defense program, "broad-based" tax cuts, school vouchers, and privatizing Social Security - all conservative initiatives liberal Democrats, and many moderates, will fight ferociously on the floor...
...went into the film anticipating a thematic brother to the observant Good Will Hunting, which lifted Finding Forrester’s director, Gus Van Sant, to fame. Observant, however, is a poor word to describe Finding Forrester, a film deathly afraid of being overly cerebral in word or action. Instead, the film’s creators continue Hollywood’s long trend of patronizing the general public, making unhealthy use of a popular mainstream substitute for actual intelligence: an insubstantial and insufferable haze of hackneyed philosophizing...
...Game, multiple teacher-student confrontations, and a half-serious flirtation between Jamal and a token sympathetic classmate (Anna Paquin). The filmmakers must have used these staples of the sports, school, and teen romance genres, respectively, with the hope that the studio executives would look past the devices and instead praise their film’s wealth of complex characters and timely wisdom...