Should we have instead ordered the Liquid Baklava, a dessert cocktail made with date-infused vodka, Amaretto di Saronno and lemon zest?
And he wrote that in light of the often violent struggle that resulted from the Supreme Court's 1954 desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education, things might have worked out better if the court had instead ordered that both races be provided with truly equivalent schools.
U.N. forces sent to the West African nation to enforce a peace agreement have instead been ordered into battle against rebel forces that defied the accord and are now assaulting Freetown, the capital.
Pastors, lawyers and other political activists whom Mr. Bush considered meeting in Beijing as a signal of support have instead been ordered by the Chinese authorities to leave the city during the president's visit.
In 1995, "we asked the trial judge to let us destroy all the pieces we knew were fakes," he said, but the trial judge, Harold Fong (who has since died), instead ordered an auction of 11,000 of the counterfeit prints in order to repay the Postal Service for its costs investigating this case.
He has instead sidestepped lawmakers with executive orders and regulations to give religious organizations equal footing in competing for federal contracts.
The author of John's Gospel tells us that he has chosen not to record many of the symbolic acts of Jesus and has instead included certain episodes in order that his readers may understand and share in the mystical union of Christ's church, that they "may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name" (20 30).
Rather than violate an executive order, the president has instead modified or waived it.
His administration has instead seen the near complete breakdown of normal order on campaign finance.
Rather than tossing the men into the sea, as historian William James suggests they should have done, Thompson instead ordered one of the British boats to be repaired and launched to transport him to the French ship and bring back Captain Lejoille in the belief that he would end the looting.
