1.  Major said holding local elections is the best immediate way to build confidence in the stalled peace process.

2.  Baltimoreans feel the tension in an immediate way.

3.  For many Internet users, the medium simply provided an immediate way to share their own personal experiences of a national tragedy.

4.  Kouchner said there was no immediate way to know what happened.

5.  The difference is that in the banana dispute, Clinton had an immediate way to strike back, which is exactly what he did Monday morning.

6.  The tiered system is one of the most immediate ways insurers and employers can pass on to consumers some of the rising costs in health care.

7.  There are more immediate ways to tell if a car might have been in a flood.

8.  There was no immediate way to verify the claim.

9.  To Bowman, it appeared that newspapers and television did not offer an immediate way for two-way communication, he said.