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Instead of joining the military for six months full-time, one of the alternatives was to join a non-combatant volunteer organisation within the German Katastrophenschutz ( disaster relief ) or Zivilschutz ( civil defense ) for a minimum of four years ( this is calculated so that although serving far less time every week, in the end the number of served hours was about the same ).
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Instead of finding himself in serious trouble for acting as though he were joining forces with the Catholics, Elizabeth sent two Gentlemen Pensioners to summon him back within the month.
Instead of joining the International Brigades as he had intended, he decided to return to the Aragon Front.
Instead, Franz was sent to the front in Italy, joining Field Marshal Radetzky on campaign on 29 April, receiving his baptism of fire on 5 May at Santa Lucia.
Instead of joining Columbus, Roloson signed with the American Hockey League's Worcester IceCats, Schneider left for the Los Angeles Kings, and the St. Louis Blues signed Drake.
Instead of joining battle with troops tired from the march, they encamped to the west in the foothills of Mount Olocrus.
Instead, since FBI agents had just questioned him about Jenkins, he publicly asked Hoover to explain why Jenkins had not undergone a rigorous security check before joining the White House staff.
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Instead he found work with Standard Telephones and Cables, later joining Queen Mary College where he gained a PhD, subsequently becoming a lecturer there in 1961.
Instead John Taylor joined talkSPORT to cover their exclusive radio commentary as their first choice commentator joining the likes of Brian Moore, David Campese, Michael Owen and talksport reporters covering the event.
Instead of joining the anti-war movement, many JBU students joined organizations like Campus Crusade for Christ and traveled to other campuses to save souls.
Instead, he sailed then to Great Britain, joining the Army but almost straightaway transferred to the Royal Navy Air Service for pilot training.
Instead of joining the conspiracy as Epicharis thought he would, Proculus instead turned her in.
Instead of joining his family's construction business ( Navas y Moreda ) upon graduation, as expected, he went on to join the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant.
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Instead Iraq received economic and military support from its allies, who conveniently overlooked Saddam's use of chemical warfare against the Kurds and the Iranians and Iraq's efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
Instead of the boy Conradin, safely sequestered across the Alps, the Papacy now faced an able military leader in Italy.
Instead, he took up a military career in the Imperial Russian Cavalry.
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Instead, the Carolingian military success rested primarily on novel siege technologies and excellent logistics.
Instead of draining Soviet military and financial resources, we end up dissipating our own.
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Instead of large-scale migrations, there were military takeovers by small groups of warriors and their families ( who usually numbered in the tens of thousands ).
Instead, the airlift continued to expand until the end of the war, after delivering 650, 000 tons of supplies, gasoline, and military equipment.
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, relying on a flawed report from a young military engineer, and ignoring some of that engineer's recommendations, he decided in favor of a direct frontal assault on the thoroughly entrenched French, without the benefit of artillery.
Instead of pursuing a career as a military musician, Lincke secured employment as a bassoonist at Berlin's Central Theatre, under Adolf Ernst.
Instead of mass emigration from the homeland, the sizeable indigenous populations, were controlled through effective political manipulation supported by military force.
Instead, the UN authorised the creation of a multinational military force known as INTERFET ( International Force for East Timor ), with Security Council Resolution 1264.
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Instead it should be based on " critical conscience ' – seriously thought out, conceptually mature, personal moral or religious beliefs held to be fundamentally incompatible ( that is, not merely inconsistent on the basis of selfish desires, whim or impulse ), for example, either with all laws requiring conscription for military service, or legal compulsion to fight for or financially support the State in a particular war.
Instead, the military looked at Langåker and Torp as possible locations.
Instead, the " special missions " were entrusted to two private charter airlines flying under contract to the Lao military – Laos Air Lines and Lao Air Transport.
Instead of being constructed like a military fork, a straight blade ( as in su yari ) was intersected just below its midsection by a perpendicular blade.
Instead of studying hard or conducting military affairs, he was always in the presence of court officials in order to gain their support.
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Instead, the French administration in 1944 instituted a reform package, based on the 1936 Viollette Plan, that granted full French citizenship to certain categories of " meritorious " Algerian Muslims — military officers and decorated veterans, university graduates, government officials, and members of the Legion of Honor — who numbered about 60, 000.
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