Many measures taken in Manzanillo and other ports involved basic common sense.

The most controversial measures involved the way that workdays were calculated.

Other important measures, he said, involved voting for "hope" - like the hope of ending discrimination or war.

"All such measures present uncertainties involving serious legal and practical issues and have significant costs," he wrote.

I did say that these measures would involve many small steps.

Since these measures involve considerable financial expenditure, very liberal implementation deadlines were set.

The second measure involves the systems to limit catches.

Another measure involves increasing the exchange of information between all Member States.

Other measures involve broader, more sophisticated applications of technology now found on a few competitors' models.

The measures under debate, he said, generally involve noncitizens, so the average American feels less of a stake in the discussion.