Were the government to use a multiplier of five instead of three, the proportion of Americans below the poverty line would rise to more than 24 percent.

如果政府用5而不是3做乘数，那美国的贫困人口比例将会上升到24%以上。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice to improve water quality.

政府鼓励农民种植玉米而非水稻，以改善水质。

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Although he got a BA in government at Harvard (1956), he failed to qualify for its law school and enrolled instead at that of the University of Virginia.

尽管他在哈佛获得了政务学学士学位（1956），但是他没能从哈佛法学院毕业，转而进入佛吉尼亚大学法学院。

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They say that instead of government issue or general issue, GI came from the words galvanized iron.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

The government wants forty-six creditors to accept two billion dollars instead of the seven billion dollars the company owes.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

Instead of offering aid, they demanded that the government sell the property of southerners to pay Union war debts.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Instead of government destroying value by confiscating assets and then try to provide services, government will be reduced to acting as judge and referee in maintaining a level playing field.

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We need to incentivize self-reliance instead of government dependence.

FORBES: President Obama Should Let The People Decide How Much They Want To Save

Just look how our present crisis has been attributed to the free market instead of government intervention -- and how proposed solutions inevitably involve yet more government intervention to rein in the pursuit of self-interest.

WSJ: Is Rand Relevant?