in fits

Ever since the sexual revolution, television has tried to break out of June Cleaver mode, but only in fits and starts.

Even the mortgage-backed securities market in Europe has developed in fits and starts and has yet to be fully integrated.

But in fits and starts, something new might be stirring at Xinhua, something at times resembling muckracking.

But in terms of hazard the situation appears to be improving, if in fits and starts.

In fits and starts, and with various reverses, the situation at the plant has come closer to being under control.

Over the past several decades, scientists have struggled in fits and starts to get a handle on sexual orientation.

Meanwhile reconstruction, the key to a stable Afghanistan, moves in fits and starts.

My car is nuisance in the winter; the engine only runs in fits and starts until it has really warmed up.

Reform has come in fits and starts since doi moi began but, at present, Vietnam's palpable success encourages boldness.

He had us in fits from the minute we walked in the door.

Aerial refueling developed in fits and starts from its gutsy beginnings.

The promised modernization of the financial system has happened only in fits and starts.

But now, in fits and starts, medicine is at long last catching up.

The IMF and the World Bank, pragmatic institutions from the outset, have adapted already, in fits and starts.

The warming has moved in fits and starts, and the cumulative increase may sound modest.

The distinct rungs suggest the outflow occurs in fits and starts.

The Blue Dogs' evolution has proceeded in fits and starts.

Is it better to be a hare, scampering in fits and starts, or a tortoise, pressing relentlessly forward?

Sometimes these efforts move in fits and starts.

FTOOLS is a collection of programs for analyzing data in FITS format.

The rise in the Chinese currency engineered by Beijing has gone in fits and starts.

We all can see the economy is recovering in fits and starts.

I have a daytime job , so I can only write my book in fits and starts .

He was in fits of laughter.

He has done this only in fits and starts.

Application of Statistical Tolerance in Fits

This unfortunately has lead to unhealthy economic policy that moves in fits and starts