Instead of initially contracting with Columbia Heights, Hilltop opted to contract its fire protection from Fridley and establish its own police department by hiring a retired highway patrolman as police chief and three part-time officers.

Instead of following the original ad hoc layout ( seven churches around the central core ), Ivan's architects opted for a more symmetrical floor plan with eight side churches around the core, producing " a thoroughly coherent, logical plan " despite the erroneous latter " notion of a structure devoid of restraint or reason " influenced by the memory of Ivan's irrational atrocities.

Instead of demonstrative attacks on symbolic figures and institutions of Fascist repression, they opted for targeted attacks on infrastructure and high-ranking military, militia and police personnel.

Instead, the label opted for a Greatest Hits compilation, which featured two new tracks with Saraceno on guitar, " Sexual Thing " and " Lay Your Body Down ".

Instead, the band opted to release their following records through Merge.

Instead of paying a high salary for Gruden, Davis opted to trade the rights for Gruden to the Buccaneers in exchange for four draft picks, in a deal similar to what Patriots owner Robert Kraft made with the New York Jets to get head coach Bill Belichick in 2000.

Instead of shortening or moving Bandstand, ABC opted to just begin Bandstand at 3PM, cut away to Who Do You Trust?

Instead of the large numbers of guns of rather small bore that had characterized warships in the past, Ericsson opted for only two guns of large caliber ; he wanted to use guns, but had to settle for Dahlgren guns when the larger size were unavailable.

Instead majority shareholder Stichting Het Parool opted for a management bail out of the newspaper, in effect terminating its ownership of PCM in return for the rights to publish Het Parool.

Instead, they opted to gather every ship they could and make for the island of Lade, off the coast of Miletus, in order to " fight for Miletus at sea ".

) Instead of continuing the evacuation, von Schwerin opted to surrender the city to Allied forces ; however, on 13 September, before he could deliver a letter of capitulation he had written, von Schwerin was ordered to launch a counterattack against American forces penetrating southwest of Aachen, which he did, using elements of his panzergrenadier forces.

Instead of a concert focusing on each singers recordings, Aiken and Studdard opted for a variety show format covering medleys of songs from the 1960s to the 1990s with a few solos and interspersed with comedy bits.

Instead, they opted to gather every ship they could, and make for the island of Lade, off the coast of Miletus, in order to " fight for Miletus at sea ".

Instead of operating the service areas themselves, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission opted to lease them out to Standard Oil of Pennsylvania ( which was acquired shortly afterwards by the modern-day Exxon ), which in turn operated a gas station with a garage, and Howard Johnson's franchises as a restaurant offering.

Instead of accepting a new contract from the Oilers, Jari Kurri opted for a season in Italy and played for HC Devils Milano of the Italian Serie A. Kurri had 27 goals and 48 assists in 30 games while he played in the less competitive Italian league.

Instead of releasing just a single, Thrice opted to release the Red Sky EP in support of the single, which included two previously unreleased tracks and four live tracks.

Instead, the World Team opted to play actively, exchanging the kingside pawns for Kasparov's queenside pawns.

Instead the World Team opted for counterplay, as usual, this time by a vote of 72 %.

Instead, Warner Bros. opted to have the band record an album of cover songs.

Instead, the Expos opted to use Jarry Park, and the new stadium was configured for CFL football use.

Instead of writing about high-class fashion, Gladwell opted to write a piece about a man who manufactured T-shirts, saying “ it was much more interesting to write a piece about someone who made a T-shirt for $ 8 than it was to write about a dress that costs $ 100, 000.

Instead of following Gremlin's approach and creating exact copies of the board games in digital form, Electronic Arts and Games Workshop opted to develop a video game, based on Space Hulk, with features that took advantage of the personal computer's technological advancements.

Instead of pursuing copyright litigation, Spiegelman opted to beat the movie's release date by convincing his publishers to split Maus into two volumes and publish the first before he even finished the second.

Instead Hanson opted to focus on a more classic rock sound, or as MTV. com put it " Yes, we're talking stadium rock.

Instead of giving themselves spontaneously to the orgiastic release that jazz can give them, they undergo psychoanalysis or flirt with mysticism or turn to prostitutes for satisfaction.

Instead it means that the thinking in which decision issues has the power to determine the morality of the decision, as in this instance the pressure for renewed practical or legislative attention to the constitutional problems the decision had uncovered might have done.

Instead she waited for Alfred to get better and take care of her.

Instead of wanting to sock the poor bastard I found myself having a fellowfeeling for him.

Instead of motels, for the boatman there are marinas.

Instead, he whirled and ran to his house for a gun, forcing them to kill him, Cook reported.

Instead of starting from theory and applying theory to a particular case, casuists start with the particular case itself and then ask what morally significant features ( including both theory and practical considerations ) ought to be considered for that particular case.

Instead, the irrigated agriculture project was headed for completion with apparently no prospects for extension beyond 2011.

Instead, lower bidding characters are ranked in ascending order according to how much they have bid, the characters becoming progressively weaker in that attribute as they pay less for it.

Instead they urged their urban sympathizers to vote for Labour candidates, as the representatives of the urban working class.

Instead, providence is a power that emanates from the heavens to the sublunar region, and is responsible for the generation and destruction of earthly things, without any direct involvement in the lives of individuals.

Instead, the council deposed him and tried him for heresy, simony, schism and immorality, finding him guilty on all counts.

Instead of the Acht Orte appointing a bailiff together, Zurich and Bern each appointed the governor for 7 out of 16 years while Glarus appointed him for the remaining 2 years.

Instead of just establishing it as a military prison, he provided for a civil administration, with courts of law.

Instead of a limited number of hardware sprites, the MARIA allows for a much larger number of sprites described in a list of display lists.

Instead, it presumably refers to the practice of setting law books and citing legal precedents in blackletter type, a tradition that survived long after the switch to roman and italic text for other printed works.

Instead, Augustus claimed the title for himself ( for the 7th time ).

Instead of complying with the FBI request, MonkeyBrains published a database website http :// badtrans. monkeybrains. net for the public to determine if a given address has been compromised.

Instead, the forms of service that were to be included in the Book of Common Prayer were drawn from the Missal ( for the Mass ), Breviary for the daily office, Manual ( for the occasional services ; Baptism, Marriage, Burial etc.

Instead of the banning of all vestments save the rochet ( for bishops ) and the surplice for parish clergy, it permitted ' such ornaments ... as were in use ... in the second year of K. Edward VI '.