71.   Southern was their only alternative.

72.   Steel is not the only alternative to studs sawn from logs.

73.   Sometimes, the only alternative was to send little ones home to England to maiden aunts or boarding schools, a wrenching separation.

74.   That might be a big order, but the only alternative is to make some small plastic or metal tubes to replace the fasteners.

75.   The Clinton administration argues that although multilateral sanctions are preferable because they are more effective, unilateral sanctions are often the only alternative.

76.   The great irony was that their only alternative was to place themselves under the protection of the state to save their own skins.

77.   The only alternative for us is to take another blood-bath.

78.   The only alternative is to have the boards reinstalled with clips, which hold the boards with no nails or screws showing.

79.   The only alternative right now is to keep Mexican truckers out of the U.S. interior, Caldwell said.

80.   The only alternative seems to be the food stamp card.