rough balance

After 1945 a rough balance between the two faiths was reached through the arrival of refugees from the east.

"But now the celebration and the misery have come into rough balance."

In most societies a rough balance is reached by marriageable age, and women outnumber men thereafter.

So long as they just fought each other, it provided a rough balance..." He saw where she was going, and nodded.

But, until recently, there existed a rough balance between the size of the street and its buildings.

The key would be to restore a rough balance of power between Iran, Iraq and Syria.

The recent shift from a strong American surplus position to a rough balance, however, is clearly related to the trade deficit.

In the past, a country could suffer a technological lag of several years and yet maintain a rough military balance.

Empiricism, which previously had maintained a rough balance with theory, lost ground.

"I think getting people to understand rough balance is important," Mr. Gephardt said.