Word: stop-gap
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...everyone, the bland GOP response and Clinton's contradictions--a disturbing theme seeps through the evening's grandiose rhetoric. It seems that the avoidance of our problems has become the problem itself, and we can look forward to nothing better than more of the political pandering, simple mantras and stop-gap solutions that we have come to despise. Alex M. Carter '00 is a history and literature concentrator in Dunster House. His column will resume next semester...
...jobs, though, are hardly what many older workers would want on a permanent basis. Lawyer McElyea, for example, got a part-time job through Kelly doing legal work for a telemarketer on an hourly basis with no benefits. It was O.K. as a stop-gap, he says, but "a real dead...
...Boston Cecilia Board of Directors, Gould's argument seemed analogous to the Cecilia's decision to both perform the Passion and to hold the anti-Semitism discussion: Great art should be performed, and when it is controversial, that controversy must be faced. But this seems to be a stop-gap argument. Was The Boston Cecilia primarily motivated by a desire to discuss art and anti-Semitism, or was the panel discussion merely an attempt to ameliorate the controversy of a highly desirable performance...
...stop-gap measure. Why shouldaccess to health care be linked to employment,financial statements, mortgages and leases?" shesays
Bringing in Barnes and Noble to manage the Coop is just a stop-gap measure. The Coop has already dramatically demonstrated that, when possible, the market should not be interfered with. The orginal concept of the Coop--that the students should be given a rebate--has been compromised. The Coop is no longer a cooperative. It should become just another competitor in the Square...