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1. Paul Simon of Illinois, advanced the plan by fits and starts.
2. It grew by fits and starts, reflecting the two prevailing political impulses of the past decade: fear of terrorism and growth of government.
3. The budding relationship, though, has lurched ahead by fits and starts, as epitomized by delays in opening these links to traffic, the failure of South Korean investors to make more than minimal returns on investment, and long delays between small–scale family visits that were to have occurred frequently.
4. "When I hear public comments like that, I have to say it raises a level of concern . . . that we don‘t get fooled again," Parsons said of the project, which has been marked by fits and starts over the past half–century.
5. "It is true that this progress is by fits and starts, and Uganda, which had limited the number of terms a president can serve, has now reconsidered and Mauritania is ruled by a military junta.В But this question of giving the people a real chance to select and to change their leaders is now being freely debated across the length and breadth of Africa," she said.