Nothing unusual there. But instead of being sad or tense about the snow, they write a song about it.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

But instead of going to prison, she was permitted to seek treatment to end her dependence on drugs.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

But the seventeen-year-old decided not to go to college but instead play for the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The doctor came to believe that the disease was not infectious, but instead related to diet.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

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

VOA: special.2010.06.01

But instead of wheels, it sits on steel runners that race along the ice.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

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

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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

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

But instead,Accenture decided what to do next.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

I thought I wasgoing back to Vietnam, but instead they decided the best way for meto fight the Communists was to play Ping-Pong, so I was in the special Services, traveling around the country, cheering up wounded veteransand showing'em how to play Ping-Pong.

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But he agrees that in recent years, many companies have tied pay to short-term performance, instead of their long-term health.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

My mother was a teacher. My father had planned to become a big business man, but he became a social worker instead.

VOA: special.2010.01.30