Word: instead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most sharply etched lesson of all was given in Manhattan by a dumpy little Russian schoolteacher who had been ordered to return to her homeland. Imprisoned by her countrymen, she decided that it was better to risk death instead...
...York Times. Your article stated, among other things, that Assistant Managing Editor Turner Catledge had been moved up to acting managing editor to "replace" Edwin L. James who sailed the week before for a vacation in Europe. Some who have read this have assumed this was a permanent change instead of the normal routine of replacing the chief executive when he is on a vacation. Mr James and Mr. Catledge have been close associates for many years and their positions remain unchanged...
...Instead, the Western nations let Vishinsky steal the show. They heard him make the fantastic charge that they were trying to treat the Danubian states "as a cook treats potatoes." That was too much for icy, pink Sir Charles Peake, Britain's delegate. Stung, but not exactly hopping, Sir Charles announced that he would reply to Vishinsky the next day. When Sir Charles was ready to speak, Vishinsky cracked that he was happy to note that the British representative "after 72 hours had gathered enough strength to answer...
...article on his visit in a Swiss church paper. He declared himself much impressed by the Reformed Church's refusal to join with the Hungarian Roman Catholics against the present Communist-controlled government. The Reformed Church, wrote Earth approvingly, was holding aloof from both East and West; instead of concerning itself with politics, it was concentrating on formulating the Word of God in fresh terms...
...finally signed the Met has little time to plan its season properly. But for all its mutterings about the iron hand of labor and the burden of its big payroll, the Met management itself had not done all it might to simplify its staging, by using unit sets instead of cumbersome pieces that take 80 men to get in place...