Word: plugging
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...flow from the damaged car slowed shortly after 1 p.m., after the level of liquid in the tank fell below the gash. Workers also attempted to plug the leak with insulation material...
...Boudreaux and his staff plug ahead, hoping to reach whomever they...
...really scary. This inflation thing is frightening because we do not know what causes it, or what to do about it. The economists go to their computers, plug in the data,' and out comes information that says that nothing like this should be happening. It's very, very scary stuff...
...fact, defense outlays would probably swell the deficit even more, in Weidenbaum's view, if industry and the private economy were capable of rapidly filling the lengthy shopping list of ships, planes and materiel that will soon be needed. They will be necessary to plug the gaps that are likely to be created when the Pentagon begins drawing together the equipment required to shape up the 100,000-man Rapid Deployment Force that Carter wants. Production bottlenecks are inevitable, explained Weidenbaum, because supply shortages exist in everything from specialty steels to castings and forgings. Additionally, a host of strategic...
...pulling the plug on Kennedy's candidacy is a delicate operation, one that Dr. Carter may be in the process of botching. Overestimating his support and the leeway it gives him, Carter revealed his vulnerability last Wednesday; he played right into Kennedy's hands by allowing himself to be baited into a shouting match that either side may lose. Carter went for the kill; the result was overkill...