Instead, the Hebrew name Ahasuerus accords with an inscription of the time that notes that Artaxerxes II was named also Arshu, understood as a shortening of Achshiyarshu the Babylonian rendering of the Persian Khshayarsha ( Xerxes ), through which the Hebrew Achashverosh ( Ahasuerus ) is derived.

Instead of a prophylactic cerclage, women at risk can be monitored during pregnancy by sonography, and when shortening of the cervix is observed, the cerclage can be performed.

Instead, the optimal shortening velocity for power generation is approximately one-third of maximum shortening velocity.

Instead of her old confidence in the simplest, purest, most moving musical expression, Miss Schwarzkopf is letting herself be tempted by the classic sin of artistic pride -- that subtle vanity that sometimes misleads a great artist into thinking that he or she can somehow better the music by bringing to it something extra, some personal dramatic touch imposed from the outside.

Instead of the light being placed at right angles in relation to the line of vision, Both started moving it to a diagonal position from the back of the picture.

Instead of a mere reproduction of the Cyclopaedia, he persuaded Le Breton to enter upon a new work, which would collect all the active writers, ideas, and knowledge that were moving the cultivated class of the Republic of Letters to its depths but were comparatively ineffectual due to their dispersion.

Instead there are approximate inertial frames moving alongside freely falling particles.

Instead of moving from one musical number to another, the musical segments — e. g. aria, recitative, chorus — are interspersed with periods of dialogue.

Instead of moving, a Bomb need merely explode to effect the destruction of both friendly pieces and enemy pieces adjacent to itself, and suiciding in the process.

: 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 of allowing construction of camps to proceed in whatever order the contractors saw fit, Groves laid down priorities for completion of camp facilities, so that the troops could begin moving in even while construction was still under way.

Instead it can be supposed rotating around an arbitrary point which is moving with a linear velocity V ( t ) in each instant.

Instead of vertically articulating jaws like Gnathostomata ( vertebrates with jaws ), they have a pair of horizontally moving structures with tooth-like projections for pulling off food.

Instead, the Swedish army was turning the Imperial left flank, moving behind the cover of a series of linked hills.

Instead, he called the commander of the " Young Guard ", Marshal Mortier and instructed him to guard the field of battle without moving forward or backward, while at the same time unleashing a massive cannonade with his 400 guns.

Instead, Jennens's text is an extended reflection on Jesus Christ as Messiah, moving from the prophetic phrases of Isaiah and others, through the Incarnation, Passion and Resurrection of Christ to his ultimate glorification in heaven.

Instead, early in 1643, Rupert began to clear the South-West, taking Cirencester in February before moving further against Bristol, a key port.

Instead of directly moving against Zhou Chang and Liu Ruyi, though, Lü Zhi circumvented Zhou by first summoning him to Chang ' an, and then summoning Liu Ruyi.

Instead, he planned to allow the enemy to move into the Marchfeld, leaving there only the Advance Guard and VI Korps, with orders to delay their deployment, cause disorder and casualties, while gradually moving back.

Instead of the ridges moving away from each other, like other strike-slip faults, transform fault ridges will stay in the same fixed location, and the new ocean sea floor being created at the ridges is pushed away from the ridge.

Instead, it plays very much like Itadaki Street, Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise, or a simplified version of Monopoly: players take turns in moving around a board, the spaces of which are designated as different territories of Japan.

Instead, Clamence decides to flee Paris for London, and takes an indirect route there, moving through North Africa ; however, he meets a friend while in Africa and decides to stay and find work, eventually settling in Tunis.

Instead of moving southwards as expected, the British and their allies instead thrust eastwards into Southern Germany where they faced a large French army.

Instead, they are powered by gravitational energy released as the stars contract, while moving towards the main sequence, which they reach after about 100 million years.

Instead of moving towards Jordan, however, Colonel Arif led a battalion into Baghdad and immediately proclaimed a new republic and the end of the old regime.

Instead it will hold the animal in its mouth until it stops moving.

Instead, he observed that the Earth and heaven were spherical and that the Earth is moving.

Instead, they televised a special ABC News report anchored by Peter Jennings on the progress of the Gulf War.

Instead of buying a magazine like Soap Opera Digest, in which all soap operas are covered, Soaps In Depth gave the soap viewer and potential shopper three choices: ABC Soaps In Depth, CBS Soaps In Depth, and NBC Soaps In Depth.

Instead of using broad arbitrary percentages to allocate costs, ABC seeks to identify cause and effect relationships to objectively assign costs.

Instead, a teaser from the film was shown, whereupon an offscreen announcer ( e. g. Joel Crager ) would say the name of the film and its stars, and then the credit The ABC Sunday Night Movie would appear.

Instead, ABC decided not to renew the series.

Instead, this behind the scenes special hosted by regular contestant Hamish Blake took a tour through the studios and dressing rooms of the ABC studios in Elsternwick and conducting interviews with show personnel.

Instead, he made a successful career in voice-over work, most prominently as the main voice for the ABC TV network during the 1970s and 1980s, the voiceover in previews for the syndicated program Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Instead, Dick Clark participated in ABC News's day-long telecast, ABC 2000 Today, which as a part of a international broadcast consortium, televised New Year's Eve celebrations from around the world welcoming the year 2000.

Instead, he opted for signing an amnesty treaty called in Spanish " Ley de Amnistia.

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 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.