91.   The only alternative was bringing in an outsider.

92.   The only alternative would be a Nixon-goes-to-China scenario.

93.   The only alternative in that situation is for both agents to persuade their clients to agree to a dual agency in which essentially neither is fully protected.

94.   The only alternative is life in prison without possibility of parole, Assistant Attorney General John Samson said.

95.   The only alternative ran out in July after the manufacturer abandoned it as unprofitable when it turned out to be useless against its intended target, cancer.

96.   The only alternative to a wider conflict is a search for compromise.

97.   The only alternatives are expensive, broad-spectrum drugs that kill everything, and lead to unwanted side effects.

98.   The only non-estrogen alternative has been Calcitonin, made by the Swiss company Sandoz Ltd. and by Rhone-Poulenc S.A. of France.

99.   The only other alternative is righthander Joey Hamilton, who has been shaky.

100.   The only other alternatives for sleepless partners have been to endure it or to move to another room.