Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's decision to have third graders in the New York City public schools either pass the test or be retained in third grade is an example of a true Hobson's choice in which neither alternative is acceptable ("Keeping Pupils in Third Grade, but Then What?" front page, March 17).
Kamala suggested divorce, and Priya offered to leave, but neither alternative was acceptable.
Higher-order theorists will argue, of course, that none of these alternatives is acceptable (see, e.g., Carruthers 2000).
Because both alternatives are acceptable and currently widely used in practice, providing postmenopausal women with information about their CYP2D6 genotype will allow them to make an informed choice about their adjuvant hormonal treatment and, most importantly, avoid the potential of taking a therapy that may lack efficacy when there are acceptable alternatives.
*The physician, together with the patient, must reach the conclusion that there is no reasonable alternative that is acceptable to the patient.
I, for one, do not consider the first alternative to be acceptable.
Arabs are beginning to be sceptical that any non-war alternative would be acceptable.
Where alternative therapies are acceptable, it seems that thiazolidinediones should not be continued (or started) in people developing macular edema.
Under the plan, an agreement with the bureau certifying that the system is acceptable would be an alternative "safe harbor," ensuring the firm could not be fined.
While in some real cases, there is flexibility in final amount of demand; hence, several alternatives can be acceptable for the customers.
The cheapest alternative is no longer acceptable.
