I supported their efforts to remove prayer from council meetings because prayer was too serious to warrant a token nod before a meeting, in the same routine fashion we pledge allegiance before a sporting event.

And the plan makes only a token nod to what is perhaps the thorniest problem of long-term care: the high price of nursing-home care.

Cartoon superheroes, and the shooting galleries disguised as video games, may suffice to express children's aggressive instincts but give only a token nod to an equally strong innate drive - altruism.

Aside from a token nod to Chinese food and festivals, Disney says its park will celebrate Mickey Mouse and evoke the Main Street ambience of its American parks.

Thanks for the token nod to us moms who actually cook to feed the next generation of New York Times readers.

Ninety per cent Disneyland clone, this theme park only offers a token nod to historical authenticity, but provides ample means for filling a spare afternoon, especially if you have kids in tow.

Not even a token nod.

In a series of auctions scheduled to begin in May, Sotheby's will sell about 300 paintings, drawings and prints valued at about $25 million - a token nod toward belt-tightening for a company that spends about $500 million a year on advertising alone.

I give her a smile and a token nod of agreement, then quietly slip away.

Finally, next year's fashions make a token nod in the direction of China's open door policy by including 'elegant foreign fashions'.