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 of the loans given to allies in World War I, the United States provided Lend-Lease grants of $ 50, 000, 000, 000.

Instead of importing Chinese labor, the United States imports goods that were produced with Chinese labor.

Instead writing in the United States quickly returned to its realist orthodoxy and the term irrealism fell into disuse.

Instead he ran for and won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 1830 elections.

Instead, South Africa proposed that it be allowed to annex South-West Africa, a proposal rejected by the United Nations General Assembly.

Instead it is used in smaller contests such as the election of the presiding officer of an assembly ; one long-standing example of its use is in the United Kingdom, where local associations ( LCAs ) of the Conservative Party use EB to elect their prospective parliamentary candidates ( PPCs ).

Instead of the movable hafnium-based control rods used in all of the other United States Naval reactors, reactivity in the S7G core was controlled by stationary gadolinium-clad tubes partially filled with water.

Instead, the island uses the United Kingdom issue of the pound sterling.

" Instead he paid more attention to the industrial regions and the needs of Ontario and Quebec, particularly with respect to the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway project with the United States.

Instead, they were full-service restaurants called Taco Bell Grande that are more analogous to a Mexican grill in the United States.

Instead of complying, he resigned his position as superintendent and returned to the North, declaring to the governor of Louisiana, " On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile ... to the ... United States.

Instead, the United States and Belgium covertly funneled cash and aid to rival politicians who seized power and arrested Lumumba.

Instead it was claimed Raeder was opposed to war with the United States and had always worked to protect neurtal shipping during the war with the committee having Raeder say: " We had to consider neutrals to avoid any possible unfortunate incidents " at sea.

Instead, they were forced to cede most of their land in New York to the United States after the war.

Instead, in 1993, redundant factory buildings were converted to form Clarks Village, the first purpose-built factory outlet in the United Kingdom.

Instead an organization named the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ( AIAW ) governed women's collegiate sports in the United States.

Instead, many of them are found throughout southwestern Pennsylvania, the Midland dialect region, or even large parts of the United States ( Wisnosky 2003 ).

Instead, Oslo won the right to host the 1952 Games in a contest that included Cortina d ' Ampezzo in Italy and Lake Placid in the United States.

Instead, for its final season, the show moved to pay-TV channels Superchannel in Canada and Cinemax in the United States, changing the name slightly to SCTV Channel.

Instead, Nelson eventually asked Hayes to drop out of Harvard, assemble a staff, and direct the effort to organize the United States.

Instead, because that requirement was removed through later legislation, the United States retained a dual banking system in which a large number of state chartered banks remained outside the Federal Reserve System.

Instead of the document, the website of embassy of the United States inserted the “ UNITED STATES-JAPAN ECONOMIC HARMONIZATION INITITAIVE ” in February 2011.

Instead, the debate over the future of Quebec and relations with the United States are powerful issues.

Instead, the music of the United States is that of dozens or hundreds of indigenous and immigrant groups, all of which developed largely in regional isolation until the American Civil War, when people from across the country were brought together in army units, trading musical styles and practices.

Instead her fury knew no bounds and Elizabeth sent Sir Thomas Heneage to read out her letters of disapproval before the States General, Leicester having to stand nearby.

Instead he was an officeholder, appointed by the provincial States, who also was captain-general and admiral-general of the Union ( there was originally no stadtholder on the confederal level ).

Instead, the Court held that although generally income taxes are indirect taxes ( excises ) authorized by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, the taxes on interest, dividends and rents under the 1894 Act had a profound effect on the underlying assets.

Instead, it holds non-negotiable United States Treasury bonds and U. S. securities backed " by the full faith and credit of the U. S. government ".

Instead a minority Labour government was formed under Harold Wilson but with no formal support from Thorpe.

Instead, the Serbian government looked to formerly Serb territories in the south, notably " Old Serbia " ( the Sanjak of Novi Pazar and the province of Kosovo ).

Instead of a democratic government, I am under a monarchical government.

Instead, the political institutions of the Länder were practically abolished altogether, passing all powers to the central government.

Instead, they were ' community councils ' for smaller, rural settlements, which did not have a local government district to themselves.

Instead of settling a financial dispute between American citizens and the Mexican government by force, Van Buren wanted to seek a diplomatic solution.

Instead of a claimant to the throne, the barons decided to base their rebellion around John's oppressive government.

Instead of a world government, the above-mentioned " Shield " resolves the problem of an American-dominated world dictatorship in a truly libertarian manner: The protagonist, who is hunted by various power groups for the secret of a personal impregnable force field which he brought from Mars, finally decides to simply reveal it to the entire world, so that every individual could thumb his or her nose at each and every Authority.

Instead Byng called upon the Conservative Party leader, Arthur Meighen, to form a government.

Instead, he cast his ballot for John M. Palmer, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party, or Gold Democrats, a short-lived party that supported a gold standard, low tariffs, and limited government.

Instead Labor issued instructions that its representatives could wait until after the case against the defendant was established, " in order to protect government interests.

Instead, he proposed a government sponsored system in which the price of farm land was set at a high enough level to prevent urban workers from easily purchasing it and thus leaving the labour market.

Instead, the government chose to enact a jus sanguinis system, with the naturalization restrictions listed above.

Instead, the government shut down the border gateway protocol ( BGP ) sessions announcing local routes.

Instead, the PvdA was kept out of government by the formation of cabinet of the CDA, the VVD, and D66, the latter being former allies of PvdA.

Instead, there is a trade-off between unemployment and inflation: a government might choose to attain a lower unemployment rate but would pay for it with higher inflation rates.

Instead, the Crown is regarded as a corporation, with the monarch being the centre of a construct in which the power of the whole is shared by multiple institutions of government — the executive, legislative, and judicial — acting under the sovereign's authority, which is entrusted for exercise by the politicians ( the elected and appointed parliamentarians and the ministers of the Crown generally drawn from amongst them ) and the judges and justices of the peace.

Instead, the proposed constitution conformed to the British model of parliamentary government, which was seen by the liberals as the most viable alternative to the European absolutism of the Meiji Constitution.

Instead the IP's leader Geir Haarde chose a stronger but somewhat unstable coalition with the Social Democrats ( the Þingvellir government ).

Instead, the government in Taiwan is referred to as the " Taiwan authorities ".

Instead, he believed that in all branches of government common sense, decency, and elemental justice were decisive, not stare decisis, tradition or the text of the Constitution.

Instead of issuing gold certificates, a government converts gold into currency at the market rate by printing paper notes.

Instead of the drastic social changes he proposed in the past, his government chose a reformist line, passing new retirement, tax, labour and judicial legislation, and discussing university reform.

Instead, the IUCN supported opening the Virunga Volcanoes to tourism as a way to encourage the Rwandan government to preserve the gorillas.