• Instead of saying that the subscribers will be over-charged for extra use, the company is saying that the users will get a discount for controlled use.

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  • In other words, anyone who says we need to raise taxes instead of taking a sequester is really saying that we need to expand the burden of government spending.

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  • Farmers, too, are grumbling, saying that instead of greater yields, transgenic seeds lead to greater use of chemicals and the probable contamination of nearby conventional crops.

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  • On Sept. 22, The Pink Sheet, a medical trade publication, reported the FDA had said that Pfizer received an "approvable letter" from the FDA. Such letters are not approvals but instead a kind of delay, saying that most of the data needed for approval are in but that additional steps need to be taken if the drug is to reach the market.

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  • Verizon played down the prospect of doing a big acquisition, saying instead that it could look to establish beach heads in ways that take advantage of the company's global Internet backbone and other data centers around the world.

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  • Instead, I thought it was her way of saying that she trusted me and wanted me to know a little bit about her.

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  • Lord Patten has justified the pay-off of a year's salary by saying that that's what Entwistle would have got if he was sacked instead of resigning which entitled him to only half that amount.

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  • While the ETNO does not deny that it believes that the way that content providers use the internet should be changed, it stopped short of calling for an actual tax, saying instead that it wants telecommunications network operators to consider making deals with content providers.

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  • The crucial change is that HHS is saying they can experiment instead of complying with the law.

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  • Sherley and Deisher are saying, essentially, that we should fund their work instead of more promising, better research.

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  • And while it's encouraging that Glickman recognized the "impatience" of consumers, he didn't give a timeline, instead saying that pricing and business models were "way beyond" him.

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  • Instead of the comment being posted normally on Facebook, uProtect.it posts a message saying that the comment is encrypted and can be seen by clicking on a link.

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  • But al-Maliki did not attend, instead sending a letter to the speaker of the parliament, Ossama al-Nujaifi, saying that to discuss such sensitive issues in an open session could harm national security.

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  • Steers, Vidal's nephew, did not elaborate on funeral arrangements for the author, only saying that the family asks people to donate to the Alzheimer's Association instead of sending flowers.

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  • Mr Passy said he had faith in the Libyan justice system, saying that it was "better to announce a just verdict in this case, instead of a speedy verdict which could be against the interests of the accused".

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  • The SDLP's Joe Byrne confirmed his party's support for the motion, but qualified it by saying that the latter part of the motion, which calls for renewable energy sources "instead" was too prescriptive, and that the potential of fracking should be examined.

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  • An aviation official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to reporters, blamed the pilot, saying initial results of the investigation showed he jumped out when the fire began, instead of shutting off valves that would have prevented the gas canister from exploding.

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  • To me, that's sort of like saying that historically African-Americans are likely to have high rates of diabetes and hypertension, so instead of launching a program to save some from developing the disease, let's wait for a comprehensive plan where all can be saved at one time.

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