But instead of being buried in landfills, some feathers could find a future in plastics.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Bubba was going to bea shrimping boat captain, but instead, he died right thereby that river in Vietnam.

VOA: standard.other

But instead of taking her son to college with her, she left him with her mother in Philadelphia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

But instead of accepting the proposed halt in settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian leaders rejected the peace offering, as "nothing new".

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

He says the man chased him and others into a nearby building, but - instead of pursuing them - he began shooting recruits still sleeping in their beds.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Prime Minister Fischer has already said he does not want to stay in politics, but instead return to his old job as head of the Czech Statistical Office.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

The NLD won elections in 1990 by a landslide, but the military refused to recognize the result, instead undertook a campaign of harassment and arrest of opposition politicians.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27