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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 secure
Rather than a mistake or flaw on Pynchon's part, this narrative structure is constructed to be inexact in a ( perhaps paradoxically ) precise fashion ; it demonstrates the fragility, rather than the secure foundations, of any historical record, and indeed, history itself.
Rather than secure the island, however, this resulted in French, English and Dutch pirates establishing bases on the now-abandoned north and west coasts of the island.
Rather like the lesser punishment called the stocks, the pillory consisted of hinged wooden boards forming holes through which the head and / or various limbs were inserted ; then the boards were locked together to secure the captive.
Rather than secure peace, the Fort Stanwix treaty helped set the stage for the next round of hostilities.
Rather than submit to harsh imperial questioning and possible execution for treason, Grand Duchess Elise abdicated her Electoral status, but was able to secure the continuance of the city's Freistadt status under her rule.
Rather than secure peace, the Fort Stanwix treaty helped set the stage for the next round of hostilities along the Ohio River, which would culminate in Dunmore's War.
“ Gordin successfully challenged Lateiner and Hurwitz in 1891-1892 when he entered the Yiddish theatre with an avowed purpose of reforming Yiddish drama .” Rather than “ pandering to the public's taste for cheap shund ( trash ) plays, he sought to secure goodwill of the East Side ’ s intelligentsia with literatur and increasingly incorporated the concepts of “ true art ” and “ serious drama ” into their public image .” Professional companies soon developed and flourished, so that between 1890 and 1940, there were over 200 Yiddish theaters or touring Yiddish theater troupes in the United States.
Rather, to some degree, " the theories and methods of secular disciplines be used to secure not intellectual ends, but practical ends in life.
Rather, juveniles held in secure custody usually receive care consistent with the doctrine of parens patriae, i. e., the state as parent.

Rather and island
Rather, Trinidad was once part of the South American mainland and is situated on its continental shelf, and Tobago is part of a sunken island arc chain related to the Pacific-derived Caribbean Plate.
Rather than absorb the islands into the Kingdom of England, a Warden ( now Lieutenant Governor ) and Bailiff were appointed to run the island on his behalf.
Rather, there was a gradual awareness, later turning into a fanatical obsession, that the island of Ireland should have its own government.
Rather, these Filipino establishments, such as Phil Am Foodmart, are scattered all over the island, with concentration in the northern part of Staten Island.

Rather and action
Rather than trying each case individually, which would unduly burden the judicial system, the cases can be consolidated into a class action.
Rather, Madison explained that " interposition " involved a collective action of the states, not a refusal by an individual state to enforce federal law, and that the deletion of the words " void, and of no force or effect " was intended to make clear that no individual state could nullify federal law.
Rather, nullification was described as an action to be taken by " the several states " who formed the Constitution.
Rather, it regards any action that makes impossible the ability to travel back in time in the first place.
Rather than requiring a sucking action, the discharge of milk is powered by maternal muscles.
Rather than making an English dub or translation of the Japanese footage, Power Rangers programs consist of scenes featuring English-speaking actors ( either from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom ) spliced with scenes featuring either Japanese actors dubbed into English or the action scenes from the Super Sentai Series featuring the Rangers fighting monsters or the giant robot ( Zord and Megazord ) battles with English dubbing.
Rather than individual characters, these variants would make up the bulk of many action figure lines and often make use of the old figure and accessory molds.
Rather than diverting the French forces from the action, this placed the French units much closer to the German 1st and 2nd armies threatening Paris.
Rather than studying muscles " twitch ," the lab was now purifying and characterizing the enzymes involved in muscle action but were involved in yeast fermentation.
* Patricia Shaw distances herself from the rest of the Bohm-school of dialogue, stating "... I am not trying to foster a special form or discipline of conversation ... Rather than inculcating a special discipline of dialogue, I am encouraging perceptions of ensemble improvisation as an organizing craft of communicative action " ( Patricia Shaw 2002, p. 164 ).
Rather than reveal the pressing shortage of military manpower that had led to the decision to concede Roanoke, Benjamin accepted Congressional censure for the action without protest and resigned.
Rather, the opposite to action is contentment.
Rather than go on strike, which was the traditional form of industrial action, the union leadership of the yards decided to have a work-in and complete the orders that the shipyards had in place.
Rather than using the traditional turn-based battle system of games like Final Fantasy, Secret of Mana utilizes real-time battles akin to the Legend of Zelda series, while also employing typical role-playing elements and a unique " Ring Command " menu system, which pauses the action, and allows a variety of actions to be performed without needing to switch screens.
Rather than continue to oppose government spending and intervention, a policy which hurt the party politically in the time of the Great Depression, the Conservatives changed their policies to support government action where it would lead to economic growth.
Rather, a demurrer is a particular type of pleading and " demurring " is the act where a party formally requests the court to dismiss a cause of action (" claim ") or the entire complaint.
So if he kills himself along with ten, or a hundred, or two hundred other people, then Islam will not benefit by that, since the people will not accept Islam ... ... Rather it will probably just make the enemy more determined, and this action will provoke malice and bitterness in his heart to such an extent that he may seek to wreak havoc upon the Muslims.
Rather than go on strike, which was the traditional form of industrial action, the union leadership decided to have a " work-in " and complete the orders that the shipyards had in place.
Rather, workers ought to ' take direct action ', like blacking South African imports at docks
Rather than oppose Wilhelm, as some of his predecessors had done, Bülow agreed with him on all matters by sometimes privately relying on Wilhelm's bad memory and frequent changes of opinion to take the action he thought best rather than what Wilhelm had instructed.
Rather, the action of the gear selector is to lock one of the freely spinning gears to the shaft that runs through its hub.
Rather than military action on Iran, he has called for tougher sanctions such as travel bans and further bank lending restrictions.
Rather, nations involved in military conflict ( especially the major-power nations ) sometimes describe the conflict by fighting the war under the auspices of a " police action ".
Rather, the person behind the action and the action together are valuable.

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