But once you've worked your way through this up - and - down massing of some 300 works, equally fitting and less stark alternatives may come to mind, including «the expansion of art» and «the internalization of art.» (nytimes.com)
He says Muslims should not have to choose between «the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty». (faith.org.uk)
Updike resisted such a stark alternative, of course, but he did admit that it was both «a discussion of Barthianism and an arrival at its limits, so to speak.» (firstthings.com)