• The only other serious alternative, fiber-optic links to the home, won't be economically viable for years.

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  • Moreover, today, even more than in the past, there is no serious alternative to him as a leader of the Serbs.

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  • Mr Hague was there to prove that he is not just a good Commons performer, but a serious alternative prime minister.

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  • But even the most optimistic proponents of carbon capture and storage doubt it will be a serious alternative much before 2020.

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  • Finding a serious alternative candidate to put up against Mr Livingstone.

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  • Makers of fixed-wing aircraft are also looking at diesel engines, in small planes at least, where they show promise as a serious alternative to standard piston engines, which run on a high-octane form of petrol.

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  • Under mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city has rejected proposals for any serious alternative to the New York City ING Marathon, even though that race draws far more than 100, 000 applicants every year for about 45, 000 slots.

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  • When it has suited the Saudis to have cheaper oil - notably, when it looked (briefly) as though we might actually get serious about alternative energy sources - they forced prices down.

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  • Train travel in the U.S. as a serious intercity transportation alternative is a thing of the past.

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  • China, whose planning prowess for the past three decades may be unmatched by any other nation, has done the math and concluded a serious commitment to alternative energy sources is critical to meeting its power needs while also reducing environmental harm.

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  • As a result, they're giving serious consideration to finding alternative employment.

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  • This piece dishonors the Social Security Administration staff who work hard to assure that only people with the most serious disabilities qualify for benefits, the Americans who have such serious medical problems they have no alternative but to seek disability benefits, and your readers who deserve the facts rather than a lot of hot air.

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  • But there is an alternative to the VAT: serious spending restraint plus growth.

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  • An though it may appear that Langone is just out for revenge, several sources said he's dead serious about his idea of proposing an alternative solution for the future of the NYSE.

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  • Although it might appear that Langone is just out for revenge, several sources said he is dead serious about his idea of proposing an alternative solution for the future of the NYSE, even if that means getting Archipelago and NYSE to raise their deal price.

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  • Much to the chagrin of the other two, it is Korean companies that have emerged as the Asian alternative to Apple and which operate as serious rivals in so many other sectors.

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  • My one serious point, though, was that there is an alternative to the coalition splitting or re-discovering its mojo.

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  • The email, released after a Freedom of Information request, said that Mr Daubney was facing "a serious leadership challenge" and that his council had failed to procure alternative technology to the plant.

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  • It said "serious concerns" had been raised by the families regarding the quality of alternative provision.

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  • The email, released after a Freedom of Information request by Mr Daubney, suggested it might be "pertinent information" for the presenter to know that Mr Daubney was facing "a serious leadership challenge" and that West Norfolk Council had not come up with an alternative to the incinerator.

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  • For a serious business meeting, "dark navy, dark burgundy, very smoky colors can be a good alternative to a classic black or brown, " he says.

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