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Rather and than
Rather than putting their trust in ephemeral sensations they seek form in the stable relationships of pure design, which symbolize an order more real than the disorder of the perceptual world.
Rather than from a first-hand study of Jewish people, his delineation of Shylock stems from a collection of Italian stories, Il Pecorone, published in 1558, although written almost two centuries earlier.
Rather than sit around waiting for the suitcases to be delivered, they had gone sight-seeing.
Rather than being deceived, the eye is puzzled ; ;
Rather than viewing the abortive recovery in 1959-60 as a reason for believing we have lost prospects for growth '', he said `` it should be viewed as a lesson well learned which will increase the probability of substantial improvement in this recovery ''.
Rather than a definition in terms of the force between two current-carrying wires, it has been proposed to define the ampere in terms of the rate of flow of elementary charges.
Rather than accepting the natural order of things — the presence of sickness and death — he believes one must fight against them.
Rather, a system with a negative temperature is hotter than any system with a positive temperature in the sense that if a negative-temperature system and a positive-temperature system come in contact, heat will flow from the negative-to the positive-temperature system.
Rather than face this ordeal, Alexei fled to Vienna and placed himself under the protection of his brother-in-law, the emperor Charles VI, who sent him for safety first to the Tirolean fortress of Ehrenberg ( near Reutte ), and finally to the castle of Sant ' Elmo at Naples.
Rather than proving the existence of God, Kant was attempting to demonstrate that all moral thought requires the assumption that God exists.
Rather than analysing the site and seeing which targets appear popular, archaeoastronomers have instead examined the ethnographic records to see what features of the sky were important to the Mayans and then sought archaeological correlates.
Rather than exploiting price differences between identical assets, they will purchase and sell securities, assets and derivatives with similar characteristics, and hedge any significant differences between the two assets.
Rather than being scrapped or converted for other uses, sometimes retired buses are saved for preservation.
Rather than being written as history, the Deuteronomistic history – Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings – was intended to illustrate a theological scheme in which Israel and her leaders are judged by their obedience to the teachings and laws ( the covenant ) set down in the book of Deuteronomy.
Rather than boldtype, over / under-arrows, underscores etc.
Rather than the more aristocratic themes and music of the Italian opera, the ballad operas were set to the music of popular folk songs and dealt with lower-class characters.
Rather than receiving an explicit order, a commander would be told of his superior's intent and the role which his unit was to fill in this concept.
Rather than going to Mexico, Corbett is believed to have settled in a cabin he built in the forests near Hinckley, Minnesota.
Rather than totally removing the clock signal, some CPU designs allow certain portions of the device to be asynchronous, such as using asynchronous ALUs in conjunction with superscalar pipelining to achieve some arithmetic performance gains.
* Year collections: Rather than being satisfied with a single specimen of a type, a great many collectors collect type by year ; for example, one Memorial Lincoln Cent for every year from 1959 ( the year it was first minted ) to present.
Rather than the traditional format established by Dungeons & Dragons, which often involved the characters wandering randomly through caves or tunnels and fighting different types of monsters, Sandy Petersen introduced the concept of the Onion Skin: Interlocking layers of information and nested clues that lead the Player Characters from seemingly minor investigations into a missing person to discovering mind-numbingly awful, global conspiracies to destroy the world.
Rather than using theories as starting points, casuistry begins with an examination of cases.
" Rather than aspiring to compassion and wisdom, people can easily fall prey to the vices of cruelty, madness
Rather than the original 20 cm size, the diameter of this compact disc was set at 11. 5 cm, the diagonal measurement of a compact cassette.

Rather and follow
Rather than chase the routed enemy across the Rhine, Julian now proceeded to follow the Rhine north, the route he followed the previous year on his way back to Gaul.
Rather than follow Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier's developing versions of " the ( Latin ) American marvelous real ," Uslar-Pietri's writings emphasize "... the mystery of human living amongst the reality of life.
In 1994, Schmidt started his own label, Rather Interesting, with the aim of developing music that doesn't follow the " traditional paths of electronic music ".
Rather than continue to the Loop along with the Brown Line, trains would follow the Red Line after Belmont, making a stop at Fullerton and all current Red Line subway stops and terminate at a new station on Wentworth before heading north.
Rather than follow the example of New York, with its Clintonian party machine, it was better for Virginia to retain George Mason's executive model.
Rather, the vows follow a pragmatic approach in which the ten global commitments held by Vinaya novices constitute full ordination.
Rather than follow M-78 between Colon and Athens, M-66 used a different series of roads.
Rather, the willingness and ability to do God's will, are evidence of God's own faithfulness to save men from the power and the penalty of sin, and since man is so corrupt that he will not decide and cannot be wooed to follow after God, God must powerfully intervene.
Rather, God enforces a rule of law and, in accordance with the just deserts of jivas, gives them freedom to follow their own nature.
Rather than follow Hamilton's storyline, the filmmakers took elements of the plot, combined it with elements of the first Helm book, Death of a Citizen, and cast the story in a comedic vein, spoofing the James Bond film franchise.
Rather than follow the standard orthogonal grid of the surrounding area, Ladd, inspired by the L ' Enfant Plan for Washington, D. C., created a diagonal " wagon wheel " arrangement, including four small diamond-shaped rose gardens and a central traffic circle surrounding a park.
Rather than follow protocol and leave them, North dragged them to the extraction point.
Rather than follow him down, Gomi just kicked Aurelio's legs until the referee would stand the action back up.
Rather than running a failing business into the ground, he contends that the shareholders should follow his lead and get what value they can from the stock before the company's inevitable demise.
Rather Jesus realized that the young man saw him as an excellent teacher but not as the promised Messiah the " Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace " of Therefore instead of seeking to convince the young man that he was the Messiah, Jesus merely corrected the young man's notion of " goodness " as it pertained to achieving eternal life by stating " If thou wilt be perfect ... come follow me ".

Rather and British
Rather, they are impressed with the British Government's success in forcing -- and helping -- the British textile industry to shrink and to change over to other products.
" Rather, remember that Elsie, Ena and Co. were the first of their kind ever seen on British television.
Rather, the administration is represented in the Territory by the Officer commanding British Forces on Diego Garcia, the " Brit Rep ".
Rather, a combination of British and American security personnel would ensure that the wanted men remained imprisoned in Jericho.
Rather than the next Foreign Secretary, he is an anonymous, mid-level British consul.
While she was still at university, Pike made appearances on British television shows, including A Rather English Marriage ( 1998 ), Wives and Daughters ( 1999 ), and Love in a Cold Climate ( 2001 ), a miniseries based on Nancy Mitford's novels The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.
Rather than the former slaves, it was the Garifuna, Maya, and Mestizos who pioneered agriculture in 19th-century British Honduras.
Rather than compromise his style, he turned to the academic side of British musical life-teaching at the Royal College of Music, directing the choir at Central Hall, Westminster, and, in 1964, accepting the Directorship of the London College of Music, a post which he held until his death in 1982.
Rather, they opposed the fact that the companies were pursuing short-term profits by extracting resources at maximum efficiency rates, with little interference from the British Columbia government.
Rather than drop " blind " into Albania, the mission was dropped into North-West Greece, where British parties were already operating with Greek guerrillas.
Rather, it was an explicit recognition of the fact that by marrying a Roman Catholic, Ena lost any right to inherit the British crown as a consequence of Britain's Act of Settlement.
Rather than the proposed eight squadrons, the British Air Ministry formed two Canadian squadrons ( one bomber, one fighter ).
Rather than see armed slaves, the legislature began negotiations with the British commanders to allow the British forces to pass through South Carolina.
Rather than accept British sovereignty, Kaské left British territory by crossing the Mississippi River with other French and Native refugees.
Rather than blaming the British, Parkman defined the real problem in expulsion as the French influence on Acadians, particularly by Abbe Jean-Louis Le Loutre.
Rather than exercising his rank, Warren served in the battle as a private soldier, and was killed in combat when British troops stormed the redoubt atop Breed's Hill.
Rather than disbanding entire divisions, any consolidation of strength was made under the British system of reducing brigades from four battalions to three.
Rather, some within MAB felt that the organisation ’ s anti-war activities had pitted it too publicly and forcefully against the British establishment, taking it away from what they considered its primary purposes – religious and cultural.
Rather, according to Butler himself in his book Saddam Defiant ( 2000 ), it was U. S. Ambassador Peter Burleigh, acting on instructions from Washington, who suggested Butler pull his team from Iraq in order to protect them from the forthcoming U. S. and British airstrikes.
Rather, he sees these other long-standing traditions as far more important for 18th-century British politics.

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