Too often elections are a short-term stopgap for long-term problems. From Wordnik.com. [AN OPEN HAND, A CLOSED FIST] Reference
MARY SCHIAVO, AVIATION SAFETY EXPERT: Unfortunately that is a very short-term stopgap measure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2001] Reference
Lawmakers narrowly averted two shutdowns in recent weeks by passing short-term stopgap measures. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: Top Stories] Reference
And Reid said Republicans were stalling and procrastinating by proposing another short-term stopgap to fund the government. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference
In the meantime, negotiators agreed to a shorter-term stopgap spending plan to keep the government running through Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
For instance, it tells me that the first use of "stopgap" is from 1684. From Wordnik.com. [Good Tast in Dictionaries . . .] Reference
There won't be any kind of stopgap, nothing to stop it, going to go for the chunk. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 18, 2003] Reference
I'm guessing that this was supposed to be "stopgap," but it's a pretty good Freudian slip, don't you think?. From Wordnik.com. [What's the Connection?: Restraint, Discipline, and Chastity] Reference
Some sort of "stopgap," he said, would be helpful while awaiting public grants. From Wordnik.com. Reference
On a sociological level, biological arguments-whether they are true or not-only serve as a kind of stopgap measure. From Wordnik.com. [PageOneQ.com Latest] Reference
Both are often inappropriate solutions, according to longtime shelter employee Judy Lightning, and a "stopgap" measure is needed. From Wordnik.com. [Whitehorsestar.com News] Reference
He insists this is not some kind of stopgap, masking his own notoriously slow creative process, but a genuinely felt response to the times. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
(a) There is no effective welfare state in Japan, just a 6 month 'stopgap' between redundancy and homelessness. From Wordnik.com. [- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community] Reference
However, the trust now feels more like a stopgap solution. From Wordnik.com. [The BBC must reprogramme itself to win] Reference
Sounding the alarm about modern-day slavery is a useful stopgap. From Wordnik.com. [Plight Of The 'Child Slaves'] Reference
Until then we need some kind of a stopgap, a bridging technology. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2004] Reference
So they've been more -- you know, this has been more of a stopgap. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2008] Reference
But that's OK for a stopgap, if they want to do administrative work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 17, 2006] Reference
But even the SIMBA scientists admit this is only a stopgap solution. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
REHM: No, I don't think the Democrats are going to stopgap everything. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2000] Reference
She was going as a stopgap to speak at a large meeting to oblige Angelica. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
KING: What's the biggest stopgap that people face in owning their own power?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: David Crosby Discusses Activism; Karen Shanor Delves Into the Brain; Rosemary Altea Shows the Power Within; T.D. Jakes Maximizes and Motivates - March 25, 2000] Reference
But at best, this is a stopgap; at worst, it's throwing good money after bad. From Wordnik.com. [Is Argentina A Time Bomb?] Reference
This is a stopgap measure to deal with the fact that the system is so screwed up. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor Will IM You Now] Reference
It can't last, and it leaves us with little more than a stopgap deterrence policy. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man A Superpower] Reference
Ivan Fischer, promising as he was, was not here long enough to be more than a stopgap. From Wordnik.com. [Of new beginnings] Reference
While labor migration does serve as an economic stopgap, it's not a good development model. From Wordnik.com. [WORKERS FOR THE WORLD] Reference
This stopgap job gave me the opportunity to work on new goals (during the baby's naps, of course). From Wordnik.com. [A Nanny’s Diary] Reference
Now, a legislative plan to provide billions of dollars in stopgap loans died in the Senate last week. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2008] Reference
It can take some time to get off the mailing lists and cancel subscriptions, so this is a good stopgap. From Wordnik.com. [10 Questions for . . . Katherine Steiger, Professional Organizer] Reference
Deputy Prime Minister Chaowarat Chandeerakul is acting as premier but is widely seen as a stopgap figure. From Wordnik.com. [Limping Along] Reference
However, the deeming resolution then was meant to be a stopgap, whereas the current one is intended to last. From Wordnik.com. [Research Desk investigates: Could Congress still enable reconciliation for next year?] Reference
As a stopgap leading up to Jeezy's next proper full-length release, "1000 Grams" basically serves its purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Album review: Young Jeezy, "1000 Grams"] Reference
And a champion that's going to try to move this forward and not come up with stopgap measures, but come up with a cure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Cuba Gooding Jr. Talks About 'Men of Honor'; Richard Ben Cramer Discusses Joe DiMaggio; Montel Williams Describes his Battle Against MS - December 23, 2000] Reference
The board's rulings, unscientific and open to all sorts of legal complications, could only be stopgap measures, and when on 4 January. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
In fact they feel like they have a stopgap plan in effect to handle this shortage and it's a real shortage but let's not mistake this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2007] Reference
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