11.   Most alternative theories now have galaxies starting small and then growing larger through successive collisions.

12.   Others argue that these alternative theories merely reinterpret the Method for a new generation.

13.   Perhaps, this alternative theory says, there is a point at which people no longer wish to be autonomous, rational consumers at all.

14.   Silverglate said Wednesday that he was merely outlining alternative theories of the case to a legal audience.

15.   Since then, McLaughlin and other investigators have continued to dispute the Globe story, while offering no alternative theory of motive.

16.   So the search for an alternative theory of what drives trade accounts has taken on a new urgency.

17.   The lack of such finds, the Monte Verde discovery and other questions have pushed archaeologists to consider alternative theories.

18.   The New York curriculum requires the teaching of evolution but does not mention alternative theories.

19.   The organization disputes those alternative theories and will continue to fight the case in court, its president, Cedric W. Dempsey, said on Tuesday.

20.   The search for an alternative theory of what drives foreign trade accounts has taken on a new urgency after the latest round of exchange-rate gyrations.