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The alternative is another year, or more, of increasing. deficits and debt, and more yearly requests for supplemental appropriations. – Steven Rhodes	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have already implemented alternative projects in those districts where poppy was cultivated before. – Ali Shamsi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The coming of alternative and cheaper energy to our council area is a welcome relief. – Motanga Andrew	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That’s not quite right, but it sure seems undemocratic. And it reeks of the kinds of insider politics that has caused widespread disgust with both parties. I say both parties because, as Donald Trump noted, Bernie Sanders is also getting hosed on the Democratic side. I’ve been concerned in the last few days that the media’s coverage of the presidential race is getting down into the weeds. The issues have mostly been drowned out, and even the state-by-state contests have been overshadowed by endless chatter about delegate math and party procedures. This is the stuff that media and political junkies crave but that civilians start to find incomprehensible. But people get it in their gut when someone is getting screwed. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage Primaries are the fairest way of picking a nominee. Caucuses are more time-consuming and complicated( although at least folks get to vote). And then there are states like Colorado. In March, Colorado held caucuses to pick delegates to a bunch of assemblies and conventions. And those people picked their favorite candidate. Ted Cruz won them all because Ted Cruz people outhustled an error-riddled effort by the Trump camp, and perhaps because the kind of party insiders elected to these gatherings don’t like Donald Trump. ( Yes, Ted Cruz is a hardly an establishment figure, but Ted Cruz’s become the most viable alternative for the GOP’s stop-Trump crowd.) The people out there are going crazy. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We have an alternative suggestion which is to still make hot metal but to make it from local raw material rather than imported raw material, so it's a change of technology rather than ending liquid steel making, if we get involved in Port Talbot we will only do so on the basis that we are confident there will not be any mass redundancies. – Sanjeev Gupta	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
By transcending our daily reality and embarking on an alternative journey we create an opportunity to taste the many nitty-gritties of life. Going beyond the day-to-day contingencies and the usual concerns, allows us to recognize ourselves better by figuring out the mystery and the anonymity of our surrounding world. ("Transcendental journey") – Erik Pevernagie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
There are big concerns about the ability of traditional providers to offer adequate liquidity at all times, we're starting to see the emergence of a new business model and new initiatives that include not only bank liquidity pools but alternative liquidity providers and agency solutions that optimise the execution process. – Christian Hauff	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The traditional model of principal trading by the dealer community as the sole source of liquidity has been materially impacted by increasingly stringent regulations creating balance-sheet constraints and decaying returns, technology can provide us with alternative places to unlock this liquidity. The industry is looking for new ways to deal with these challenges. – Chris Ferreri	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think he's the best alternative to beat Donald Trump, i'm going to help Ted in any way I can. – Lindsey Graham	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There is no alternative to the EU, bosnia is so dysfunctional that even this dysfunctional EU, as it seems to be at the moment, is still a role model for Bosnia. – Igor Gavran	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The trend suggests parents are marching to the beat of a different drummer, in pursuing flag as an alternative for their kids. – Tom Farrey	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We believe we have an obligation, a duty, to offer another way forward. To offer an alternative. – Paul Ryan	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There are only five working days to make it happen but it will happen, i am sure we will do it because there is no alternative. It is of fundamental importance for us to host the Olympic Games. – Marco Aurelio Klein	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It has become clear that there are no solutions (to the energy crisis) in the near future, the situation became tragic, so we resorted to an alternative - solar power. – Mohammad Abu Jayyab	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The policy of import substitution was popular during the period of decolonization ... It's one of those policies that looks good on paper but doesn't work, lots of things are imported because there is no alternative but also because they are cheaper than domestic alternatives. There are many imports poor people depend on. Even if in theory local production could pick up the slack it would take time and in the meantime we could see a sharp reduction in employment. – Timothy Kaldas	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Alternative investments are a strategic priority for Northern Trust, and we feel this combination strengthens our position in this competitive business. – Stephen Potter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
There is no alternative, it has to be ready and it will be ready, these things are often done at the last minute, the same thing happened with the Pan American games at the same stadium (in 2007). There were lots of problems but it was done in time. We are Brazilian, we are used to it. – Decio Chusid	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The diesel engine will be more expensive and we need to fulfill the 95 grammes. Then the twin engine is a very attractive alternative. – Volvo Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If Gregory Abel's that talented, Gregory Abel could have a host of other, extremely lucrative opportunities outside the company, one goal of executive compensation is to retain people who have attractive alternative opportunities. – Minor Myers	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
One goal of executive compensation is to retain people who have attractive alternative opportunities, you want to keep the best people at the firm, and this may be Berkshire's way of doing it. – Minor Myers	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
But there's no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict, all conditions have to be created for the soonest end of the bloodshed and for an inter-Syrian political dialogue in the future with participation of all constructive political forces. – Russian President Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Investors are increasingly forced to seek alternative asset classes to insulate themselves in this war on cash. Simply put, very few asset classes can act effectively as an alternative safe haven. – Joe Roseman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Until there's some consolidation here, you're not going to have a clear alternative to Donald Trump, if we don't come together, we're never going to be able to provide a clear alternative to the direction that Donald Trump wants to take the Republican Party and the country. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If we're in this cycle of violence, it's due to the fact that there is no credible alternative to offer to the youth. – Dominique Said Panguindji	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

The alternative is another year, or more, of increasing. deficits and debt, and more yearly requests for supplemental appropriations.

– Steven Rhodes

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have already implemented alternative projects in those districts where poppy was cultivated before.

– Ali Shamsi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The coming of alternative and cheaper energy to our council area is a welcome relief.

– Motanga Andrew

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That’s not quite right, but it sure seems undemocratic. And it reeks of the kinds of insider politics that has caused widespread disgust with both parties. I say both parties because, as Donald Trump noted, Bernie Sanders is also getting hosed on the Democratic side. I’ve been concerned in the last few days that the media’s coverage of the presidential race is getting down into the weeds. The issues have mostly been drowned out, and even the state-by-state contests have been overshadowed by endless chatter about delegate math and party procedures. This is the stuff that media and political junkies crave but that civilians start to find incomprehensible. But people get it in their gut when someone is getting screwed. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage Primaries are the fairest way of picking a nominee. Caucuses are more time-consuming and complicated( although at least folks get to vote). And then there are states like Colorado. In March, Colorado held caucuses to pick delegates to a bunch of assemblies and conventions. And those people picked their favorite candidate. Ted Cruz won them all because Ted Cruz people outhustled an error-riddled effort by the Trump camp, and perhaps because the kind of party insiders elected to these gatherings don’t like Donald Trump. ( Yes, Ted Cruz is a hardly an establishment figure, but Ted Cruz’s become the most viable alternative for the GOP’s stop-Trump crowd.) The people out there are going crazy.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We have an alternative suggestion which is to still make hot metal but to make it from local raw material rather than imported raw material, so it's a change of technology rather than ending liquid steel making, if we get involved in Port Talbot we will only do so on the basis that we are confident there will not be any mass redundancies.

– Sanjeev Gupta

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

By transcending our daily reality and embarking on an alternative journey we create an opportunity to taste the many nitty-gritties of life. Going beyond the day-to-day contingencies and the usual concerns, allows us to recognize ourselves better by figuring out the mystery and the anonymity of our surrounding world. ("Transcendental journey")

– Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

There are big concerns about the ability of traditional providers to offer adequate liquidity at all times, we're starting to see the emergence of a new business model and new initiatives that include not only bank liquidity pools but alternative liquidity providers and agency solutions that optimise the execution process.

– Christian Hauff

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The traditional model of principal trading by the dealer community as the sole source of liquidity has been materially impacted by increasingly stringent regulations creating balance-sheet constraints and decaying returns, technology can provide us with alternative places to unlock this liquidity. The industry is looking for new ways to deal with these challenges.

– Chris Ferreri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think he's the best alternative to beat Donald Trump, i'm going to help Ted in any way I can.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is no alternative to the EU, bosnia is so dysfunctional that even this dysfunctional EU, as it seems to be at the moment, is still a role model for Bosnia.

– Igor Gavran

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The trend suggests parents are marching to the beat of a different drummer, in pursuing flag as an alternative for their kids.

– Tom Farrey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We believe we have an obligation, a duty, to offer another way forward. To offer an alternative.

– Paul Ryan

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There are only five working days to make it happen but it will happen, i am sure we will do it because there is no alternative. It is of fundamental importance for us to host the Olympic Games.

– Marco Aurelio Klein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It has become clear that there are no solutions (to the energy crisis) in the near future, the situation became tragic, so we resorted to an alternative - solar power.

– Mohammad Abu Jayyab

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The policy of import substitution was popular during the period of decolonization ... It's one of those policies that looks good on paper but doesn't work, lots of things are imported because there is no alternative but also because they are cheaper than domestic alternatives. There are many imports poor people depend on. Even if in theory local production could pick up the slack it would take time and in the meantime we could see a sharp reduction in employment.

– Timothy Kaldas

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Alternative investments are a strategic priority for Northern Trust, and we feel this combination strengthens our position in this competitive business.

– Stephen Potter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There is no alternative, it has to be ready and it will be ready, these things are often done at the last minute, the same thing happened with the Pan American games at the same stadium (in 2007). There were lots of problems but it was done in time. We are Brazilian, we are used to it.

– Decio Chusid

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The diesel engine will be more expensive and we need to fulfill the 95 grammes. Then the twin engine is a very attractive alternative.

– Volvo Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If Gregory Abel's that talented, Gregory Abel could have a host of other, extremely lucrative opportunities outside the company, one goal of executive compensation is to retain people who have attractive alternative opportunities.

– Minor Myers

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

One goal of executive compensation is to retain people who have attractive alternative opportunities, you want to keep the best people at the firm, and this may be Berkshire's way of doing it.

– Minor Myers

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

But there's no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict, all conditions have to be created for the soonest end of the bloodshed and for an inter-Syrian political dialogue in the future with participation of all constructive political forces.

– Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Investors are increasingly forced to seek alternative asset classes to insulate themselves in this war on cash. Simply put, very few asset classes can act effectively as an alternative safe haven.

– Joe Roseman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Until there's some consolidation here, you're not going to have a clear alternative to Donald Trump, if we don't come together, we're never going to be able to provide a clear alternative to the direction that Donald Trump wants to take the Republican Party and the country.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If we're in this cycle of violence, it's due to the fact that there is no credible alternative to offer to the youth.

– Dominique Said Panguindji

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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