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But instead of pushing for a genuinely two-tier Europe, says Elliott, Cameron accepted crumbs from the Brussels table and called it a "special status".

"I was worried that would freak him out, but instead of pushing the child away, Pfitz said he was open to the idea of an immediate family".

The onus should have been on Grupo Mexico to prove Minera was worth $3.1 billion, but instead of pushing back on Grupo Mexico's analysis, the Special Committee and Goldman devalued Southern Peru and topped up the value of Minera.

Tielemans' long-range free-kick should have been easily dealt with by the goalkeeper but instead of pushing it round the post he parried the ball into the path of Mbemba who finished from close range with four minutes remaining.

But instead of pushing for a collapse, South Korea is quietly pursuing the kind of market-oriented development that could one day ease a transition in the North from Communism to capitalism.

But instead of pushing the arts of robotics and automation to the limit, instead of dispatching even more capable Voyagers to prospect Mars and reconnoiter Saturn, the agency aims to spend at least $8 billion on building an old-hat space station of unclear purpose.

But Marshall, instead of pushing the actors in "Nice Work If You Can Get It" to build a connection with the audience, relies on the good will we already feel for Broderick and O'Hara to carry the show — and it doesn't.

I still have days when I feel like shit, but now, instead of pushing myself to work and making myself feel even more shitty, I ask my boyfriend for a hug and I cry.

But it seems that instead of pushing back the date yet again, the company decided that there was no sustainable path forward without another infusion of capital.

But observers in Geneva and New York say that instead of pushing for the Dutch resolution or one of its later drafts to be passed, the US simply let it die.

But religious leaders sanctified existing social structures, instead of pushing for justice.