A busy little tinkering, ending with a tap against a cup rim: that meant she was stirring sugar into her coffee.

With a little tinkering, they stretched the fuselage to meet Piedmont's requirements.

Every sport can use sound planning, strong marketing, a little tinkering, but, ultimately, you either like it or you don't.

"A little tinkering is all it needs," he said.

"Sure enough," said Charming, "He's got an idea here that may work, with a little tinkering."

He said the changes in "60 Minutes" amounted to "a little tinkering" and not a radical overhaul.

Yet in the world of recordings, what's wrong with a little tinkering, as long as a listener knows what's going on?

Republicans who opposed President Clinton's sweeping health care plan in 1994 kept saying that all the system needed was a little tinkering.

With a little tinkering, like more merchandise and better direction for the shopper, perhaps this outpost will prevail in the future.

Some chief executives have little choice but to do a little tinkering.