Around the world, waste and spent fuel are stored on an interim basis in pools of water or in casks, many near ground level.
The N.F.L. rulebook allows the interim ground rules to be in place only until the end of this season's playoffs.
If that festering sore cannot be addressed directly, then — as Stephen P. Cohen, a South Asia expert at the Brookings Institution, suggests — broader regional talks on environmental and water issues might be an interim way to find common ground.
If resolving tensions over Kashmir — their biggest flashpoint — is not possible while Pakistan is battling the Taliban, then talks on water and environmental issues may be an interim way to seek common ground.
Hours before the first reports that the Taliban appeared to be moving out of the Afghan capital, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday that it might soon be necessary to send an international "coalition of the willing," led by soldiers from Muslim nations, to secure the capital and prepare the ground for an interim government.
The congress appointed a prime minister, Ali Zeidan, in October, who formed an interim government tasked with preparing the ground for a new constitution and fresh parliamentary elections.
There should be, then, enough common ground for council unanimity on an interim measure that gives further international recognition to the emerging political forces that are challenging Syria's sclerotic regime.
Wimbledon F.C. hoped to move to Milton Keynes immediately, but as the new ground was yet to be built an interim home in the town would have to be found first.
Asked how soon it would be in place, she said, "We'll have to see what unfolds on the ground to see if it makes sense to perhaps have an interim authority operating in some parts of the country".
