Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

A teacher may use it when she walks into a room where the students are playing and talking, instead of studying.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

If you use an alcohol-based product instead of soap and water, make sure it contains at least sixty percent alcohol.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

And,it means that transgenic marmosets can be produced from breeding instead of by the lengthy process of injecting fertilized eggs.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

And President Lincoln sent thousands of troops to chase Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, instead of helping McClellan at Richmond.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Instead of remaining in Paris, as many American writers did, Faulkner returned to Mississippi and began his serious writing.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Instead,northern pines and hardwood trees will rise on the higher half of the land, which is called Upland.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Harvard's Nicholas Lange says the team looked instead at the chemical and electrical pathways that link the different parts of the brain.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

Instead of fine print that hides the truth, we need credit card forms and statements that have plain language in plain sight."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Instead,I spent all my time, and a lot of my money, trying to build the perfect microscope.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Another story goes that when he was a boy playing cowboys and Indians, he shouted "bing" instead of "bang" after a make-believe gunshot.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

So the troops and supplies were put on a fast civilian ship, instead of a slower warship.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

And those who would have been driving can look at the scenery instead of the road.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

These include natural and organic methods to control harmful insects and weeds instead of using chemicals.

VOA: special.2009.07.14