The multinomial logit model, however, has the disadvantage of imposing the assumption of the independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) on our choices, which may be untenable in practice [ 36].
Not eating fish served the same function as building lavish churches, and doggedly replicating the untenable agricultural practices of their land of origin.
So even though the tribunal accepts that Sharapova did not know the drug was banned, it found her explanation for why she did not inform testers she was doing so – as is considered best practice – "untenable".
But, thankfully, what we have ended up with in that slot in 2014 is an intelligent documentary that, while acknowledging some public hunger for the restoration of capital punishment, shows why, apart from any moral argument, the risk of irredeemable mistakes makes the practice untenable.
Unfortunately, such a strict extension of rights is untenable in social practice.
Omar tried to convince the court that the military's capricious manner of deciding which citizens will go before the tribunals rendered the practice procedurally untenable.
[cartoon id= a15895"] Omar tried to convince the court that the military's capricious manner of deciding which citizens will go before the tribunals rendered the practice procedurally untenable.
Not only is this practice economically untenable for coal-fired power generators, which supply over three quarters of China's power, but it encourages unsustainable rates of coal consumption.
(Australia's off-shore detention practices are untenable, have been subject to criticism on humanitarian grounds, and in many ways flout the country's own commitments to refugees — hardly something, one would think, to be envied).
