Our View: The Chiefs added Mike Vrabel and Zach Thomas to fill their holes at linebacker, but will only be short-term stopgaps, and the club should really consider taking Curry, who is considered the best defensive player in the 2009 draft class. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Even worse, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner are creating short-term stopgaps instead of long-term solutions in a worrisome case of "short-termism," he added. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Such stopgaps, with their distinct whiff of protectionism, are becoming everyday in Brazil. ❋ Liam Denning (2011)
The Yankees' rotation at the moment has one elite starter (CC Sabathia), one unpredictable starter (A.J. Burnett) and two veterans whom the Yankees signed in spring training as stopgaps (Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon). ❋ Mike Sielski (2011)
Thus, in civil service hiring, we should use colorblind standardized tests rather than the rather woozy collections of stopgaps we have today. ❋ Unknown (2010)
He has been one of Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena's favorite stopgaps this season, filling in all over the field—he even spent most of one game as an emergency goalkeeper. ❋ Joshua Robinson (2011)
If Congress fails to act, two million workers will be cut off next month alone -- in the heart of the holidays -- and any brief stopgaps will still put millions at risk of cut - offs next year. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)
So began a way of life that he came to know as foster care, a world of in-betweens and stopgaps that brought six moves and inevitable questions about how to get beyond hurt and want and poverty. ❋ Unknown (2010)
If Congress fails to act, two million workers will be cut off next month alone -- in the heart of the holidays -- and any brief stopgaps will still put millions at risk of cut- offs next year. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)
There are, however, stopgaps in the slippery slope of this intestinal disorder. ❋ Chaniga Vorasarun (2010)
It is the absence of the last which pains him most, though whereas Read's characters are usually clear about their calling, the agnostic Jomier cannot accept the spiritual stopgaps with which others plug their lives. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Though the Patriots have signed several journeymen, all are stopgaps. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And trust me, this is likely to be one of the better, or at least less offensive, stopgaps. ❋ Unknown (2008)
They know more about the technology than their parents and ultimately will render whatever stopgaps meaningless. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Their counterproposal calls on the city to raise dog license fees and pass out more parking tickets, among other gimmicks and stopgaps. ❋ Charles Lane (2010)
Three of the four stopgaps this year have passed after the deadline set by the previous stopgap, so for a time Medicare simply stopped paying doctors, causing back-office disruptions nationwide. ❋ Unknown (2010)
