quick-fix

It has made up a quick-fix culture (and here I thought it was quick fixes that caused that).

Global Voices in English » Talking to Jamaican writer and blogger Marlon James 2009

There is a danger this has become one of those classic "media storm leads to headline-grabbing, quick-fix solution" stories.

Bring back the F-word if you want to do more than worry about girls | Jackie Ashley 2011

With so much at stake, lobbyists and other congressional analysts expect lawmakers to approve a quick-fix measure that would extend the most critical provisions - including all the Bush-administration tax breaks for individuals - at least through next year.

White House, Congress poised for battle over tax breaks in lame-duck session Lori Montgomery 2010

Doing EastEnders wasn't exactly suffering, but my soul's not in quick-fix TV.

Portrait of the artist: Phil Daniels, actor 2011

With so much at stake, lobbyists and other congressional analysts expect lawmakers to approve a quick-fix measure that would extend the most critical provisions - including all the Bush-administration tax breaks for individuals - at least through next year.

White House, Congress poised for battle over tax breaks in lame-duck session Lori Montgomery 2010

Unfinished home improvements, un-hung pictures bought on vacation, photo albums half-filled and baskets (so many baskets!) of the season's peak produce are no longer able to be dealt with at leisure, and we have to relegate ourself to the "quick-fix" technique of dealing with them - gathering up everything that seems related to each other and shoving them somewhere out of the way to "get around to" when we have time!

In From the Cold Sarah 2009

According to The Hill, freshman Rep. Allen West R-Fla. -- who said that you don't see anyone suffering in D.C. during a Meet the Press roundtable last November -- has floated the idea of exempting District residents as something of a quick-fix for the city, which for over 200 years has been denied the democratic rights enjoyed by all Americans.

New life for 'no taxation, no representation' Martin Austermuhle 2011

Many of my patients continued to make this same grueling, quick-fix mistake until they came to see me.

The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

Unfinished home improvements, un-hung pictures bought on vacation, photo albums half-filled and baskets (so many baskets!) of the season's peak produce are no longer able to be dealt with at leisure, and we have to relegate ourself to the "quick-fix" technique of dealing with them - gathering up everything that seems related to each other and shoving them somewhere out of the way to "get around to" when we have time!

Archive 2009-09-01 Sarah 2009

The leaders appeared to reject pressure from financial markets for a quick-fix solution, stressing that lost faith in Europe's ability to resolve the crisis could only be regained through closer alignment of European policies requiring changes to the European Union treaty.

Italian Yields Jump After Poor Auction Emese Bartha 2011