Instead of shutting up the critics, Mr Assad would be wiser to employ them.
Prefabrication techniques allow Ms. Bauer's crews to close individual lanes instead of shutting down the bridge.
This week, they will be hoping to see people paying up instead of shutting down.
Instead of shutting the drama out, they suggested too eloquently immense presences on the other side.
This being San Francisco, though, instead of shutting them down, the official explained how they could get around the rules.
The goal of his staff, said Mr. Lantz, is "to take care of it instead of shutting the mall down".
Instead of shutting down after ski season, resorts are adding summer camps for children and activities for adults.
He puts up with critical coverage in the press instead of shutting down newspapers or persecuting journalists.
Instead of shutting down a street, the communities held the events in parks, fields and other public spaces.
Stephen Hinchman, a lawyer for the opponents, said he believed that instead of shutting the plant, DCP would convert it for exports.
But instead of shutting down and shutting up as she would have done previously, she said: "I think there's a misunderstanding about what we're talking about.
