Instead of the political articulation of alternatives, there is temporizing and, very occasionally, terror.

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Dialysis is only a temporizing measure, and life threatening complications mount quickly.

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On the other hand, if -- as has been the case in the past --the Soviet regime remains unwilling to cede real power and determined to prevent fundamental systemic change, its current, highly publicized efforts at "reform" may amount to nothing more than temporizing measures, calculated to stave off rather than effect the necessary transformation.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations