So why has the number of applications to the Scarsdale Alternative School, a 30-year-old program, doubled in the last three years, and why has the two-year-old Greeley Life alternative program, for juniors and seniors, expanded to 42 students from 29 since its inception?
He wrote of the importance of the "'place on the corner', real-life alternatives to television, easy escapes from the cabin fever of marriage and family life that do not necessitate getting into an automobile".
Of course Donald Trump -- who's the real-life alternative to Hillary Clinton to become president -- says he believes climate change is a hoax cooked up by the Chinese to bankrupt America.
But in Heath and Westside, for example, Friday night football is the center of community social life, hence alternatives for marginal teenagers are harder to find.
In the midst of the frenzy created by their divorce, I did not hear any single voice pledging for in-betweens or "life happens" alternatives.
Ethical issues prevent prospective studies to assess the impact of coinfection early in life, but alternatives include using animal models or stored specimens.
"Night Stand" (syndicated nationally, and shown locally Saturday nights on WWOR-Channel 9), presents sleaze and corruption as viable life-style alternatives.
You'll only know Ossian Voom if you're one of the seven million residents of Second Life, the alternative world on the web.
All promote scientific rationalism as a way of life, an alternative to religious and postmodernist views, and Mr. Kurtz is often their public face.
Ultimately, better battery life or alternative screens will keep future versions lit throughout the day.
