Word: stop-gap
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GENEVA, May 17--Western diplomats said tonight they may have to negotiate a separate stop-gap settlement with the Soviet Union after full debate of rival East-West German peace plans...
Several Masters, commenting on yesterday's poll of the Junior class which opened the way for a possible exodus from President Lowell's House system, stressed that the plan--if adopted--should be regarded solely as a regrettable stop-gap measure to provide an opportunity for "forced commuters" to enter a House...
...past, most Masters have indicated considerable reluctance to allow resident students to leave the Houses, so it appears likely that the view of yesterday's letter as a "stop-gap" measure is a prevalent...
There is a deep concern that the undergraduate years may become a transitory stop-gap, a short breather between secondary school and graduate education. Within such a concept, College education would wither; the contribution would deteriorate, and the meaning of an A.B. degree would diminish...
Soloway opposes a sales tax, even as a stop-gap, fund-raising measure. He attacks it for the increased costs of administrating a new tax as well as unfairness to taxpayers and denies that any sales tax is necessary, since a "properly revised income tax can produce as much tax revenue as we need...