Fixated at first on internal threats, instead of the advancing American army, Saddam later came to believe that Iraq was winning, and continued to think so until American tanks reached Baghdad.
More than 15,000 Amerli residents, the majority of whom are Shiite Turkmen, had successfully defended the area against Islamic State extremists after the residents chose to stay and fight instead of fleeing the advancing insurgents as they seized large swathes of territory across northern and western Iraq.
So American consumers get a dated, warmed-over Focus instead of the more advanced European version of the car.
The songs, instead of advancing the story, are production numbers dropped into the movie to brighten it up and provide the animators with gaudy light-show and morphing opportunities.
Instead of advancing to the quarterfinals, Xepoleas, who advanced to the CIF Individuals semifinals earlier this month, went into the consolation bracket.
Instead of advancing the interests of sectarian or ideological allies, powerful states in the region may cooperate across these divisions to stabilize the region to suit their purposes.
And instead of advancing, the expertise needed to handle nuclear waste might be neglected and lost.
Instead of advancing the story, they provide a musical respite; and, although Sondheim once said that "about three-quarters of the score is wrong", here a dozen wrongs add up to a right.
Instead of advancing the status quo, disintermediation of mobile carriers and banks will lead to mobile financial services that solve real problems for customers.
Yet instead of advancing the most essential rights for women, he would drive them backward into further peril.
