Instead of establishing a clean slate, it may well serve to perpetuate the mistakes of the past.
5. Great Guest Stars Because the first three episodes are designed to be self-contained, instead of establishing the season's overarching mythology, it allows an opportunity for some great, meaty guest roles.
VoIP is cheaper because instead of establishing a dedicated circuit to connect two callers, it encodes the telephone call as a two-way stream of data packets that are sent over a high-speed internet connection.
Instead of establishing Athens as the most important race of its kind, the revival provided the impetus for hundreds of other marathon races to spring up around the world, many of which have eclipsed Athens in status.
Instead of establishing a direct node to node connection from an origin to its destination, the flows are concentrated with others at facilities called hubs.
Instead of establishing visitor limits to reduce the mobs, the department sends all available rangers to the dunes and leaves millions of acres elsewhere unprotected.
Instead of establishing a national formulary with standard drug prices, the way many countries do, the U.S. government allows private insurance plans to negotiate with drug providers.
Most American and European brands and retailers use a rotating cast of hundreds of third-world suppliers, instead of establishing long-term relationships with fewer of them.
Mr. Gondry's witty direction allows the movie to gloss over the fact that this psychological erasure is treated as a given, instead of establishing a social context for accepting the operation -- a major fault.
Instead of establishing a new record for futility, the Cavaliers will be side by side in infamy with the 1976-77 Tampa Buccaneerseers of the N.F.L. for the longest losing streak among North America's four major professional sports.
