1.   Americans will not be fooled by halfway measures, some of them watered-down versions of the provisions approved last month by the Senate.

2.   As a halfway measure, lawmakers granted Crew the right to block winners of board elections in some districts from taking their seats for up to a year.

3.   But critics within and close to the industry see ISOs as bureaucratic halfway measures.

4.   Gramm, who dismissed the bill as a halfway measure, has prepared about a dozen amendments to rewrite it.

5.   Halfway measures are unlikely to revive Japan.

6.   Japanese promises to spur their economy had produced only halfway measures.

7.   Or it could be a sign that Shelby will not be content with halfway measures.

8.   Or, as is more likely, they can take halfway measures, expelling some forces and claiming to have done their best.

9.   Political initiatives to protect children from violent or sexually explicit movies mirror the halfway measures that would deny them access to lethal weapons.

10.   The thin system is a halfway measure.