In 2005, Congress gave the Interior Department the green light to establish an alternative energy and alternate use program.

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There is less of a dispute with carriers such as Verizon Wireless that use an alternate wireless technology called CDMA because their phones don't use SIM cards.

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Rather than negotiate with Meadows, Hanna got permission from the Forest Service to use an alternate drive. (Its ploy defeated, Meadows backed off.) Then Hanna got lucky--back-to-back epic snowfalls and a 70% jump in skiers that kept him solvent.

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Make use of the alternate name feature on Facebook and LinkedIn that makes you searchable under a maiden name.

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Sonic Youth's radical use of dissonance and alternate tunings seemed revolutionary at the time.

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But allowing alternate maps raises other tough questions such as: Could a mapmaker use an existing map to safely navigate the Channel while making his own calculations for a new one?

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While rare earths are expensive to use in producing several products used daily, the drop in demand does not come from an alternate substance that can be as effective for a fraction of the cost.

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