But Bhutto's true merit lay in the absence of plausible alternatives.
Other options should be plausible alternatives, such as "I wish to obtain information about travel requirements".
Whether or not she chooses to run, the supply of plausible alternatives is shockingly thin.
But no plausible alternatives of political and economic organisation are in sight.
The academy essentially affirmed the science and said there were no plausible alternatives to the restrictions.
The touch screen and the steering wheel buttons are now plausible alternatives to the voice controls.
Despite the chatter in Washington, one thing remains clear: if Fannie and Freddie are eliminated, there are few plausible alternatives.
The concept can also be adapted for jet fuel; for jetliners, neither hydrogen nor batteries seem plausible alternatives.
In the real world, any accord has to be measured against the plausible alternatives, and they all look worse.
The British are increasingly fretful that, in the absence of plausible alternatives, they may end up with Mr Verhofstadt.
The JIC concluded that it was "highly likely" that Bashar al-Assad's regime was to blame, and that there are "no plausible alternatives to regime responsibility".
