The slow advance continued by fits and starts through the autumn and winter along the Dnepr River.
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Stuff happens, mostly by fits and starts.
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Sometimes gradually, sometimes by fits and starts, control of Zanzibar came into the hands of the British Empire.
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A few months ago, I adopted a physics article, Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector, which I've been gradually coaxing forward by fits and starts.
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They share about 50 percent of the Bosnian territory with their Muslim partners in a federation that barely functions by fits and starts.
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Fuqua went to the pinnacle of business success by fits and starts, as the illness pounced without warning, rendering him helpless, then retreated.
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Moreover, this system has been advantageous to the banks only by fits and starts, chiefly during boom periods when the volume of loans was high.
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By fits and starts over the years they have let in some fresh air, opening the economy somewhat and cautiously allowing more religious and social freedoms.
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But the backpedaling has prompted a chorus of questions about whether the state spent its money wisely on a program so often plagued by fits and starts.
