Instead, on Wednesday night, ISIS preëmpted the Army by blowing up the Great Mosque.
Instead, on Wednesday afternoon, the Natural History Museum became her classroom.
Instead, on Thursday evening, mothers and fathers around the city were startled to learn of a shocking story emerging on the Upper West Side: a nanny had fatally stabbed two small children, the police said, and then stabbed herself, a puzzling intrusion of violence into the ordinary family rituals of an autumn evening.
But no one, it seems, was happy to see her again: instead, on Tuesday morning, the media gatekeepers – including many women – were aghast at the appearance of Zellweger's face, which seemed markedly different since her last memorable red-carpet appearance, which was more than five years ago.
Instead, on Sunday morning, I plan to watch others put those limits to the test.
Instead, on Tuesday night when the Notcracker season opened, the stage was filled with butterflies, caterpillars and spiders.
Instead, on Friday afternoon, in Brooklyn, the jury delivered a victory, of sorts, to the government, finding Shkreli guilty on three of the eight counts with which he'd been charged including the two most serious ones, of securities fraud.
Instead, on Friday afternoon, the Lakers announced they and Walton had agreed to part ways.
Instead, on Friday morning we decided to take an hour's drive north to Mono Lake, a salty body of water where 85% of California sea gulls hatch their eggs and raise their young.
President Bush had planned to leave today for Camp David, in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, but instead left on Wednesday night.
