It's a wildcard for disarming any reasonable criticism.

We have no alternative but to look at the historical evidence.

An alternative paradigm would have to combine realism with a positive global vision.

Is there any alternative to years of political gyrations and indecision?

But Romney has criticized this effort, and has offered nothing in its place.

Given the short time frame available, there was probably no alternative to this.

But it has little coercive power, because anyone is free to try an alternative.

But, at least in the short term, there seems to be no alternative to Calderón s strategy.

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Do it over and over again. And they ask you questions about your lifestyle and your family history, your medication history, your surgical history, your allergy history ... did I forget any history?

This arrangement has often been criticized, but is there any viable alternative?

After three terms in office, it could hardly be otherwise.

A Green Alternative to Austerity?

I am a substitute teacher.

I'm a substitute teacher.

We got a substitute teacher.

Alternative Fiscal Medicine?

And it is a real alternative.

ALTERNATIVE CONSUMERS

But hey, I don't really see any alternative, given the way I read the situation.

That mechanism guarantees appropriate compensation for those affected and obviates the need for any alternative measure, such as the ill proposed register.

A Standby Program for the Eurozone

I don t see any alternative to our determination, in 2001, to drive the Taliban from control of Afghanistan.

One should hope so, if only because no better alternative to Obama s vision is in view.

Finally, and most important, Europe and the world have no better alternative.

As at the date of this report, no person had been designated by the Committee.

Following World War II, investments in the US seemed safer than any alternative.

At a subsequent meeting, the council, citing the petition, annulled its original decision without any substitution of an alternative.

Denmark stands ready to discuss with Council colleagues this or alternative ways forward.

We are trapped in an alternative reality.

There is no possible alternative.

There is no alternative scenario.

It remains dominant today, as all efforts to establish an alternative, even totalitarianism, failed.

There is no alternative to this draft resolution.

This is a crucial moment for Darfur, and no time should be lost.

As at the date of this report, no person or entity had been designated by the Committee.

While it provides them an incentive not to pollute, emission allowances offset much of what they would have to pay under a tax system. Some firms can even make money off the deal.

In order to achieve those goals we have no alternative to an inclusive multilateralism that offers balance, rationality and justice in international relations.

(i) On resignation, the date shall be either the date of expiration of the notice period under rule 109.2 or such other date as the Secretary General accepts.

And then literally just out of nowhere, the guy asks me, Where were you September 12th?

Ospina also says Colombia's history is the product of two different worlds coming together without any mutual understanding

As at the date of the Committee's consideration of the case, no reply had been received.

For the brutal question governments must now face is this is there an alternative to the Icelandic crash course?

An anybody but Sarkozy reflex may exist in some circles of French society, but, in order to prevail, a credible alternative is required.

There was no realistic alternative, I concluded, to a future in which the leading national currencies, the dollar and the euro, still dominated international transactions.