There were further questions tonight about when the interim steps agreed upon would be taken.

The paste is an interim step in the drug production process.

He also said the measures agreed on were good interim steps.

"This policy is a difficult but necessary interim step," he said.

The order also calls for interim steps to be taken.

Bringing in state administrators "may very well be an important interim step," he said.

This kind of halfway arrangement makes sense as an interim step.

"We realize this is just an interim step," he said.

This is an interim but significant step in putting the new policies into action.

After interim steps, the final talks were supposed to have concluded by May 4, 1999.