It was an upgrade from the alternative.
The Afropunks were born from the alternative scene in Brooklyn.
"I came from the alternative rock movement," Mr. Furler said.
Without receipts from the alternative tax, the government would face a huge loss of revenue.
In the legislation just approved, Congress provided modest, and temporary, relief from the alternative minimum tax.
The measure would increase slightly the amount of income that is exempt from the alternative tax.
Account for the costly annual change to protect middle-class taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax?
That's why he recruited his actors from the alternative art clubs of New York.
Another oddity relates to how the bill would increase the amount of income exempt from the alternative minimum tax.
At least, the report said, the income that is exempt from the alternative tax should be increased substantially.
The tuition deductions would expire after 2005, and the higher exemptions from the alternative minimum tax would expire after 2006.
