His text-message graffiti system gives people a way to stay engaged, he believes, "instead of just plugging into games or music on the phone, and disconnecting from society".Digital graffiti can have commercial as well as political uses.
Gawande believes instead of ploughing on with "treatment at all costs", we need to weigh up what quality of life we will enjoy as a result of the treatment.
As James K.A. Smith of Comment Magazine, who was generous enough to share his superb manuscript of a book on Taylor, put it, "We don't believe instead of doubting; we believe while doubting.
I can assure you of that.... Isn't it better that I tell you what I really believe, instead of pretending to change all of my positions to fit the prevailing winds?
"Isn't it better that I tell you what I really believe, instead of pretending to change all of my positions to fit the prevailing winds?" Mr. Giuliani asked, drawing murmurs of approval and applause from the audience.
A House Republican staffer told ScienceInsider that, "after spending more than $1 billion [on the NCS], we believe instead of having all the research wasted that it needs to be reformed and refocused".
This story about lost boys, a smart girl, wacky pirates, wackier islanders, mermaids and a volatile treasure of something called "starstuff" is told through wordplay instead of swordplay, make-believe instead of special effects.
If "Vatican insiders" are to be believed, instead of a drawn-out search for the new pope, those crazy cardinals are going to lock themselves in for a few short days before blowing out that sweet, sweet white smoke.
Subtle cues - facial expressions, tone of voice - are picked up by witnesses, who can end up confirming what the police already believe instead of adding fresh data from their own recollections.
Isn't it astonishing, then, how many Christians today have been taught that salvation comes through right believing instead of right practice- a message that is fundamentally contrary to the words of Jesus.
Like I mentioned earlier I don't at this writing believe in God (although I won't say it out loud and certainly not on my death bed), but if you do believe, instead of chastising me or labeling me a subversive who's against everything American -- just kneel down and pray for my soul.
