| She also described how the Federal Government tried repeatedly to solve the problem with band-aid solutions. |
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| A related question is whether a search engine is just a band-aid solution to a poorly designed navigation system. |
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| A policy that aims to get to the causes of a problem will obviously be more effective than any band-aid approach. |
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| But, as it is with fads and band-aid solutions, the application of the new discourse became ugly. |
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| They knew there was no short-term, easy fix, there could be no band-aid approach. |
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| There's no point in asking for what I want, because it might only be a band-aid solution, and I know it's not going to happen anyway. |
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| It's merely a band-aid solution that further entrenches our dependence on fossil fuels. |
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| This crisis cannot be solved by band-aid measures, whether in the form of more repression or more lectures. |
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| We need to look at the mid and longer term and not look at band-aid, ad hoc solutions. |
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| That's because the world is far too complex for short-term, band-aid solutions. |
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| Imposed targets provide at best an artificial band-aid, and as a result cannot bring about effective, lasting solutions. |
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| I went a few years sticking a band-aid on everything and still felt depressed and even had suicidal thoughts and actions. |
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| In this light, Navigation is not a band-aid but a necessary component of cancer care. |
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| They chose instead to wait until it was too late to come forward with a band-aid solution. |
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| I am a little bit nervous when I hear the member talk about how we have to be very careful not to just put a band-aid on the situation. |
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| I had a first aid kit in my pack, so I cleaned the cut with antiseptic and put a band-aid on it. |
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| The solution often is not to solve the root cause of the problem, but to put a band-aid issue on again, and so you have a further problem emerging. |
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| For starters, we re-examine our current band-aid approach to poverty. |
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| Most people, aside from social democrats, know that cancer needs surgical removal, because band-aid solutions only make life worse in the long run. |
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| Once the needle was removed and a band-aid placed over the puncture, Ray snatched his arm away and rubbed the spot agitatedly. |
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| In the Forman kitchen, Fez sits on the counter while Kitty puts a band-aid on his knee, then kisses it better. |
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| He dabbed the cut lightly with another paper towel before working on the band-aid. |
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| This band-aid approach is not an optimal use of public funds, considering the rapidly growing costs of care and maintenance associated with delaying decisive action. |
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| We have an expression back home about putting a band-aid on a wooden leg, which is, of course, pointless. |
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| Mr. Speaker, the legislation is a band-aid approach to make up for lost time years later. |
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| The warning signs were flying off the wall, and yet, nothing more than band-aid solutions were provided. |
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| While federal stimulus funds provided a budget band-aid last year, the underlying dynamic is unsupportable and hasn't changed. |
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| His complexion looked orangish and roughed up with acne whelps and he had a band-aid on his neck. |
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| Cover the wart with this pulp and secure it there with a band-aid. |
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| Think of it as a frequent buyer program for personal karma, or a spiritual band-aid. |
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| In the face of an overburdened public justice system, arbitration presents a cheap band-aid solution for the government, though it can come at a high cost for women and children. |
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| I fear anything that comes out of today's flurry of diplomacy will just be a band-aid solution, typical of this inward-looking, negative, visionless government. |
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| Jessica got some peroxide, some toilet paper, and a band-aid for me. |
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| In the absence of that plan, it is a hodge-podge of band-aid solutions trying to make some attempt at actually dealing with the urgency of this serious issue. |
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| Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis: Mr. Speaker, with respect to health care, this budget has been universally dismissed as a half measure, a band-aid, anemic, paltry and a morsel. |
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| Indeed, it looks like they are applying a band-aid on a wooden leg. |
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| Once again I left Jason's office in high spirits. First cab off the rank was to pay off the LAND card and I intended to do it straightaway, like ripping off a band-aid. |
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| But even this is just a Band-Aid and the spending cuts will still be draconian. |
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| When the dust settled from the incident and a Band-Aid was applied to Zimmer's nose, the accusations started flying. |
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| These systems will now have to be built or rebuilt over the next several years and can't be fixed with a Band-Aid. |
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| Indeed, on the front of the package is a drawing of a foot, with the Band-Aid strategically placed where the blister supposedly is. |
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| Mona grabbed some gauze and a large Band-Aid and her jacket, and followed Cat to the back door. |
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| Unfortunately, you can't put a Band-Aid over it when your heart hurts, and sometimes Mommy doesn't know how to fix what's wrong. |
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| The entire time I was there, among nearly 200 people, not one person required first aid beyond a Band-Aid. |
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| This is conveyed through the use of the Band-Aid plasters pasted on their faces. |
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| It is a good idea to have a razor available to shave off any hair that may prevent the Band-Aid from sticking. |
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| Unfortunately, the best response we can muster might be much harder than a Band-Aid or hidden camera. |
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| And just adding more troops to the borders, or building more fences to prevent people from coming into the country, it's like slapping a Band-Aid on the problem. |
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| The administration's answer has been to put a Band-Aid on the problem. |
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| But when you're bleeding, it's kind of nice to have a Band-Aid. |
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| Cover with a loose bandage that will keep out the dirt, or a Band-Aid. |
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| While some still regard linered cylinders to be more durable and rebuildable, others regard them as a Band-Aid on manufacturing processes. |
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| Instead of building up and having wedding promos and having it be this whole event, it was like ripping a Band-Aid off. |
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| Someone runs to get paper towels, someone else scurries off to find a Band-Aid, and I offer up ice from the beer bucket. |
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| Think of this as removing a Band-Aid really, really, really slowly. |
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| Or, we can pull off the Band-Aid attaching the two sides of banking. |
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| Gone are the days when kids came home from the pediatrician's office with only a wild pink Band-Aid as a badge of honor. |
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| If a crack is sealed with hydraulic cement and there is movement around that Band-Aid and the hydraulic cement doesn't move with it, you get leaks. |
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