Suicide was not a victory, but rather a nightmarish end to a nightmare, the most acceptable of the unacceptable options.

That, at this point of the season, was an unacceptable option for Beltran.

The truth is there is no acceptable solution to our dilemma, and thus we must choose from the unacceptable options.

But she cruiser wasn't operating solo, which meant that simply running away, however tempting, was an unacceptable option.

But being the workhorse of the East River bridges, open to trucks and trains in both directions, makes that an "unacceptable option," he said.

It would leave the President with an unacceptable option whenever an emergency arose: act alone or do nothing.

If he's willing to live in a situation with only unacceptable options and then willing to take one, well, then, there you have it.

This would be an unacceptable option.

Does this rejection mean that, following much-vaunted public investment, the unacceptable option of tendering the programme out to the private sector is already being considered?

The President's refusal to do the right thing has forced us to choose among unacceptable options and hope he will emerge unscathed.