Then the really hard part will finally begin: finding a long-term remedy for the brown tide, perhaps by persuading farmers and homeowners to limit the use of fertilizers.

The speech outlined short- and long-term remedies, many of them largely symbolic, like eliminating chauffeurs for city commissioners.

Nonetheless, his cautionary words seemed intended to lower expectations and signal that he planned to emphasize long-term remedies rather than a short-term stimulus for the economy.

There remains only one long-term remedy, and it's still the simplest one: stop feeding grain to cattle.

The only practical long-term remedy, they suggested, was a combination of heavy investment in education and border controls that reduced the supply of unskilled labor.

She had given the relationship a second chance, saw inconsistencies in his behavior that bothered her and decided there was no long-term remedy.

(Behavior therapy remains the most effective long-term remedy for sleep problems, but meds can often help when you're first adjusting to better sleep habits.)

Focus on the long-term and if a fix is inevitably needed, use it only to buy time to work on the long-term remedy.

Meantime, private fund sources in New York must not overlook community organizations, but forge a new partnership to provide long-term remedies for homelessness.

It is vital that the government's time and attention, and taxpayers' money, are devoted to finding long-term remedies to major structural problems.