Natural resource reserves also do not necessarily provide only short-term advantages.

Everyone understood that there were certain things that you didn't do, no matter how convenient they might be in terms of short-term political advantage.

The terms "initiative" and "attack" are generally used to describe a short-term advantage.

As in the bazaar, short-term advantage was the rule, long-term investment the exception.

This suppression is a short-term advantage, lasting for some hours following a workout.

For the pope, however, much more than short-term political advantage is at stake.

The short-term advantages of the merger are clear, and sent both companies' stocks up today.

The short-term advantages are easy to see, although the risks may not always be so obvious.

Governments wish to fund science because they recognise the short-term advantage it gives their country.

But any short-term advantage should be balanced out later.