However, for many others, managing operational risks more comprehensively rather than cutting people is not only more viable: it represents a more sensible and humane way of reducing the bottom line.
Remote work, at least among American workers, has become not just more viable, but also more accepted thanks to both improved technology and a shift in workplace culture.
And the reality is that there isn't a more viable military option".
Nate Silver thinks this is a mistake and advises Mr McCain to abandon Pennsylvania, though his other options don't seem much more viable.
But Russia's military might has not made victory any more viable for its Syrian ally, which is increasingly reliant on Iranian officers and pro-government militias.
Even if G.M. satisfies Mr. Obama's other requirements — including reaching a new cost-cutting deal with its unions and persuading its bondholders to agree to sharply reduce debt — the company looks less viable, not more, than it did five months ago.
Similarly with startup and millionaire visas, they should be part of the mix, but alone, they are not more popular, more politically viable, nor more justifiable than a reform that addresses the great level of need at all levels of our economy.
The pathologies inherited from Thatcher's transformation have not been displaced by new, more viable ones.
Corey Busch, a former executive with the San Francisco Giants, has, on assignment from the commissioner, studied cities and has not found one that is more viable than Washington.
So we have two default candidates, both at the front of the pack because, despite great efforts, their respective sides could not find anyone better or more viable.
