At the end of the trial, 4 of the 16 jurors will become alternates and will not deliberate.
The letters and commentary become alternating, almost competing, narratives, an effect compounded by the editors' decision to feature extensive notes following virtually every letter.
Though Bryant had yet to be asked by USA Basketball to take the place of the injured Grant Hill, he and Eddie Jones were among the favorites to become alternates on the team.
In 1951, Soedjatmoko moved to Washington D.C. to establish the political desk at the Indonesian embassy there; he also became Alternate Permanent Representative of Indonesia at the UN.
In fact, for the local art and fashion crowd, it has become an alternate living room — one with better lighting and fried meatballs.
First, as international financial institutions and donor organizations seek to encourage stronger governance norms, aid from China has become an alternate source of funds.
"Absolutely no, we can never allow such a thing," the king said, in answer to a question about whether Jordan could become an alternate staging ground for the push on Baghdad, since Turkey turned down the American requests.
For these parents, the child welfare system has become an alternate system of justice, with legal standards on marijuana that appear to be tougher than those of criminal courts or, to some extent, of society at large.
Bellos describes how the team improvised what has now become its alternate strip: "Having no other kit prepared, Brazil cut off the national emblem from its yellow tops and sewed them on to blue shirts bought at the last minute in Stockholm city center".
