Word: instead
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...rise of monasteries and convents, that the Catholic Church made celibacy an official doctrine and requirement for the priesthood and for nuns. Since those far-off days the doctrine has led to all kinds of secret sins being committed by the priesthood, usually against adults, but also against children. Instead of the Pope making heart-rending apologies for the crimes of priests, he should be having a good hard look at this archaic doctrine and seriously considering its abandonment. Jay Nauss, Glen Aplin, Australia...
...Christi aid group and a Sudan veteran of 27 years. "They are prepared to take setbacks and retreat. They're also prepared to lie and say anything." The International Crisis Group's Sudan specialist Fouad Hikmat concurs: "Some people in the NCP say, 'There will be no referendum - instead we will burn this house.' And they can do it." One reason for the north to plan secretly to stop the south breaking away could be an understandable desire to avoid follow-on Balkanization. South Kordofan and Blue Nile state, in particular, are a concern: both previously fought with the south...
Dining halls, instead of offering a standard dinner menu, served kebabs, corn dogs, and pretzels...
Flaherty said that he would focus instead on running against DiDomenico in the fall, when the Senate seat comes up for reelection in accordance with the normal schedule...
...huge one because he’d been going through the struggle of playing well in a match but not quite being able to seal the guy off,” Fish said. “Brown got pumped up at the break, but instead [Felton] firmed it up and won in a tiebreak...