The most sweeping solution would be changing the fuel.

Neither background really qualified them to understand what was happening, and sweeping, simplistic solutions to complicated problems are much more appealing than tackling the real thought that might actually solve them.

He liked to propose sweeping, simplistic solutions to other people's problems.

And he proposed much more sweeping solutions, including a $250 million bond issue for multimedia schools to train the animators, technicians and computer graphics experts of the future.

In contrast to the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970's, when the state and the city worked furiously to fashion a sweeping solution, this year there is little sense of urgency to budget negotiations.

Despite the disparities, Mr. Sobol said there was neither legal pressure nor the political will in New York State for sweeping solutions like the busing plans of the 1960's.

For the ghetto poor, Mr. Ellwood has no sweeping solutions to offer.

The museum's epidemic exhibition may not offer sweeping solutions, but it can help a new generation of would-be microbe hunters learn the basics of their challenging craft in an entertaining way.

But the popular response to such a sweeping societal solution has not been favorable.

It is common for opponents of militarized and law-enforcement approaches to illegal drug use to advocate "decriminalization" and "legalization" of marijuana and other drugs as a sweeping solution.