Instead, the phrase appears to have originated in the early 19th century United States ( particularly in the sense " pull oneself over a fence by one's bootstraps "), to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton.

Instead, early 21st century papers on Chinese history tend to be empirical studies of a small part of China which aim to reach a deep understanding of the socio-economics, political dynamics, or cultural dynamics of a small region such as a province or a village with little effort made to create a master narrative which would be generalizable to all of China.

Instead it's an intelligent, beautifully read ..." Stacy Keach played the role with an all-star cast at Joseph Papp's Delacorte Theatre in the early 70's, with Colleen Dewhurst's Gertrude, James Earl Jones's King, Barnard Hughes's Polonius, Sam Waterston's Laertes and Raul Julia's Osric.

Instead, both Akbar and Jahangir studied this artwork very closely and replicated and adapted it, adopting much of the early iconographic features and later the pictorial realism for which Renaissance art was known.

Instead of pursuing a mathematics degree, Trotsky helped organize the South Russian Workers ' Union in Nikolayev in early 1897.

Instead he retired early, after hearing news that his 80-year-old uncle, Thomas Garfield, had been killed in a locomotive accident in Cleveland, Ohio.

Instead, small independent monarchies began to develop by the early ninth century.

Instead, Vulgar Latin is a blanket term covering the popular dialects and sociolects of the Latin language throughout its range from the hypothetical prisca latinitas of unknown or poorly remembered times in early Latium to the death of Latin after the fall of the empire.

: Instead of England's early Sunday dinner, a postchurch ordeal of heavy meats and savory pies, why not a new meal, served around noon, that starts with tea or coffee, marmalade and other breakfast fixtures before moving along to the heavier fare?

Instead, the early removal of a chancellor is only possible when it simultaneously agrees on a successor.

Instead, cassette, reel-to-reel, and 8-track versions ( issued on two cassettes / cartridges / reels in early 1969 ) contained cover artwork that featured high contrast black and white ( with no grey ) versions of the four Kelly photographs.

Instead there was a wave of building or adapting Calvinist " temples ", though in the end none of these were to remain in use by the following year, and their layouts, which seem to have echoed early Swiss and Scottish Calvinist designs, are now largely unknown.

Instead, the Roman Grid was spread around the Mediterranean and into northern Europe later on during " the late Republic and the early Empire " period that saw dissemination of the grid plan throughout this area.

Instead they regarded Opabinia ′ s lobe + gill arrangement as an early form of the biramous limbs which are seen in trilobites and crustaceans and which may be the original form in all arthropods.

Instead, DRAM memories came onto the market in the early 1970s that rapidly replaced all previous random access memory systems.

Instead of just constructing “ an enlarged easel painting ,” he realized that the mural “ must conform to the normal transit of a spectator .” Eventually, Siqueiros would develop a mural technique that involved tracing figures onto a wall with an electric projector, photographing early wall sketches to improve perspective, and new paints, spray guns, and other tools to accommodate the surface of modern buildings and the outdoor conditions.

Instead, the IMAX system specifies a separate six-channel 35mm ( 1. 377 inch ) magnetic film, recorded and played back on a film follower locked to picture, just as Vitaphone had been ( utilizing 16-inch 33 1 / 3 RPM electrical transcription discs ) in the early 20th century, and was the same technology used to provide the 7-channel soundtrack accompanying films photographed and exhibited in the Cinerama process in the mid-1950s.

Instead of subducting beneath the Pacific Northwest, the Kula Plate began subducting underneath southwestern Yukon and Alaska and during the early Eocene period.

Instead, using concepts drawn from physiognomy, early eugenics, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone " born criminal " could be identified by physical defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage, or atavistic.

Instead TWW quit its franchise early, selling the last five months to Harlech for £ 500, 000 even though the new company was not yet ready to start broadcasting at the time.

Instead, the producers used Cassie, a character who dies early in the seventh season and speaks for Tara, telling Willow to kill herself.

The early 1930s saw a shift in ideological focus away from collectivist propaganda and towards “ positive heroism .” Instead of glorifying socialist collectivism as a means of societal advancement, the Soviet Communist Party began uplifting individuals who committed heroic actions that advanced the cause of socialism.

Instead, he resigned in early 1912 and that same year married Adeline Virginia Stephen ( Virginia Woolf ).

Instead, the generals of the Grand Alliance became heroes of a Europe " civilized even when at war "-an ideal which would last, with some exceptions, to the early days of the First World War.

Instead he moved to Stamford, Connecticut, where he was named a Freeman in 1642, a Deputy to the General Court of the New Haven Colony in 1643, and Justice of the Stamford Court.

Instead, Rupert moved on, accepting a well-paid commission from Anne of Austria to serve Louis XIV as a mareschal de camp, subject to Rupert being free to leave French service to fight for King Charles, should he be called upon to do so.

Instead, the Nazis began to promote economic organisation that emphasized the biological unity of the German national community.

Instead, the Parliament quickly began proceedings to impeach Laud of High Treason, which it succeeded in doing on 18 December.

Instead of studying nature directly, younger artists began studying Hellenistic sculptures and paintings of masters past.

Instead, in November the two sides simply exchanged Robert and the king, and Stephen began re-establishing his authority.

Instead, they stopped outside and a crowd began to grow and watch.

Instead Dublin Bus decided to extend some of the 40A journeys to Toberburr where the 240 began its journey ).

Instead of traditional means of bands reaching their audiences through large music labels, bands began recording, manufacturing albums and merchandise, booking their own tours, and creating opportunities for smaller bands to get wider recognition and gain cult status through repetitive low-cost DIY touring.

Instead, Mendes was drawn to the emotion and darkness ; he began to use the score and shots he had intended to discard to craft the film along these lines.

Instead of continuing to consider compatibility with the IBM PC as important, vendors began to emphasize compatibility with the evolution of Microsoft Windows.

Instead of longer bayonets, infantry forces on both sides began experimenting with other weapons as auxiliary close-quarter arms, including the trench knife, pistol, hand grenade, and entrenching tool.

Instead, he began to play for Langley Park Juniors on Saturday mornings at the age of eleven, and by the time he was 15, he was representing the club at Under-18 level.

Instead, " the outbreak of the iconoclastic fury began an almost uninterrupted series of skirmishes, campaigns, plunder, pirate-raids, and other acts of violence.

Instead she began recording a bluesy mix of pop and rock under the production guidance of Don Was at Capitol Records.

Instead, Hazel began working with The Temptations ( along with Nelson ), appearing on 1990 ( 1973 ) and A Song for You ( 1975 ).

Instead, the historic City Hall on Main Street was demolished, and city began using the High School of Archie's Gang as the new City Hall.

Instead it began to take the line that humanity itself had become " domesticated " by the rule of capital and the only solution was to " leave this world ", a view which came to influence Fredy Perlman, John Zerzan and others in their development of Anarcho-primitivism.

Instead, she began taking singing lessons, and was booked as a cabaret act on the Champs-Élysées, which proved successful.

Instead he began to use glass sheet and neon lighting tubes to explore visual refraction and mirroring, in particular the sculpture Enantiomorphic Chambers.

Instead they began the western comic Jim Cutlass.

Instead of financial stability inducing deregulation and financial instability after 1980, as later suggested by David Moss and Elizabeth Warren, Thomas Huertas and other critics of traditional bank regulation argued Regulation Q limits on interest rates ( mandated by the 1933 Banking Act ) created the “ disintermediation ” that began in the 1960s, led to the phase-out of Regulation Q through the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, and opened banking to greater competition.

Instead, he began to teach private piano lessons and was hired as a pianist for Casa Gomes in 1921 and the Odeon Cinema from 1920-1924.

Instead, he began to focus on groups of figures and odd imaginary characters.