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It said this was "no ordinary political incident" but rather a "serious terrorist crime".

Kol Tuv is no fast-food falafel parlor but rather a serious sit-down enterprise, featuring salads, appetizers, barbecue and daily features, as well as bagels, pita sandwiches and desserts.

Hauser and Wirth, London, 25 February to 7 May Death on the Nile Not an exhibition about Agatha Christie but rather a serious examination of the art and rituals that surrounded death in ancient Egypt.

The aggressiveness with which many of these critiques are presented suggests that such conflicts are not a critical-academic discourse that strives for the progress of science and research but rather a serious competition for "applied research" in the rapidly developing market.

It was not a rip-roaring cheer session, but rather a serious, at times somber lecture on the difficulties Morocco has faced thus far in its efforts at political, economic, and social development.

He considers the fallacies "collected by Aristotle in his Sophistical Refutations as for the most part a puerile art," quoting the Rhetorica ad Herennium (2.11.16) to the effect that "knowledge of ambiguities as taught by dialecticians is of no help at all but rather a most serious hindrance".

It was a futuristic look into a nomadic man--one whose portfolio happens to include rich leathergoods in the form of backpacks, gloves, shoes, not to mention eyewear--as he proved himself not just a dabbler in the men's world, but rather a most serious--and increasingly influential--player.

Although Iran said it would have new proposals, the diplomat said there were none, but rather a promise for a serious dialogue.

Many South Africans quickly pointed out that Huntley was not the victim of racism but rather of a serious crime problem and that, in sheer numbers, it is poor blacks in South Africa who are the most frequent victims of violence.

Therefore, lower body weight may be not necessarily the result of a healthy lifestyle but, rather, a surrogate of additional serious diseases.

Naturally, then, CBS gave her a serious makeover to match these more sober responsibilities — or, rather, a "serious" makeover.