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Alternative 3 — is a television programme, broadcast once only in the United Kingdom in 1977, and later broadcast in New Zealand, as a fictional hoax, an heir to Orson Welles radio production of The War of the Worlds . Purporting to be an investigation into… … Wikipedia
Alternative — Al*ter na*tive, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa.] 1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. [1913 Webster] There is something else… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alternative — Al*ter na*tive, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.] 1. Offering a choice of two things. [1913 Webster] 2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. [1913 Webster] 3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] Holland. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alternative — An alternative is an object or action which can be chosen. Alternative may also refer to: Genres of music * Alternative rock * Alternative dance * Alternative metal * Alternative hip hop * Alternative countryOther music* Alternative (album), an… … Wikipedia
alternative — I. adjective Date: 1540 1. alternate 1 2. offering or expressing a choice < several alternative plans > 3. different from the usual or conventional: as a. existing or functioning outside the established cultural, social, or economic system < an… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Alternative TV — Infobox musical artist 2 Name = Alternative TV Img capt = Mark Perry in NYC 2003 Background = group or band Origin = London, England, United Kingdom Instruments = Genre = Punk rock Post punk Years active = 1976 ndash;1979,1981, 1985 ndash;1998… … Wikipedia
ALTERNATIVE — s. f. L option entre deux propositions, entre deux choses. On lui a proposé ou de partir secrètement ou de se cacher ; il est embarrassé sur l alternative. Je vous offre l alternative. On lui a donné l alternative. Il n y a pas d alternative. … … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
Alternative medicine — Alternative medical systems … Wikipedia
Alternative splicing — produces two protein isoforms. Alternative splicing (or differential splicing) is a process by which the exons of the RNA produced by transcription of a gene (a primary gene transcript or pre mRNA) are reconnected in multiple ways during RNA… … Wikipedia
Alternative comedy — is a style of comedy that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and 1980s [ [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/26/45/26 45piehole.html The Brooklyn Paper: SERIOUS FUN ] ] which would eventually go on to become mainstream in the… … Wikipedia
