Plugging the Leaks

As with BP, the hole does get plugged, at least temporarily, but not before exacting a tremendous price.

Despite a number of important new developments, there were still some loopholes in international law that terrorists could exploit and that should be closed as soon as possible.

We must be united in a common endeavour to strengthen the non proliferation regime by closing existing loopholes.

Export control, therefore, must totally exclude the possibility of squandering unique national technologies, materials, component parts and intellectual property and prevent leaks of information that constitutes a State and military secret.

The international community needs to take urgent action to close this loophole since it is a key element in the violation of the arms embargo.

In the face of such calamitous conditions, Ukraine s government is a bit like the proverbial Dutch boy who put his finger in a dike to stop the sea from leaking through. Despite herculean efforts, more leaks continue to appear.

At such a sensitive time, it is no surprise to hear politicians pitching the idea of tax reform suggesting that they can simplify the system, close loopholes, and use the proceeds to reduce tax rates. The allure of such appeals is that a crackdown on others tax avoidance will mean that you personally will pay less in taxes.

You've plugged up every hole I've ever made, but you know I'm going to make another one.

The current Conference must chart a course of action to improve the implementation of the NPT, meet present challenges and close the loopholes in regime.

Gag

It is getting dark, go and remove the flag on the flag pole in front of the temple.

Get 'em in there!

Traffic jams are just a symptom of this challenge, and they're really very, very inconvenient, but that's all they are.

White fence.

Hi. I'm here to talk about congestion, namely road congestion.

I'd bet my head on it. You should avoid that phrase.

Stop up the holes!

He blocked the barrel!

He hailed the extensive recognition in that resolution of export controls and for closing certain international loopholes, and he appealed to all States to adopt the legislation and administrative measures envisaged in that text.

Clear Gag List

You break through the wall.

Listen, I'm in a jam.

The town's jammed.

Go over that way.

Please don't block the doorway.

...where I gave you your life!

Chile and the Third Wall

The wall is thirty yards long.

Düsseldorf

A wall fell on her.

The grain's holding it shut, sir.

Clear the place, please!

Fuel pipe blocked.

So while the oil spill, the leak, the eruption, is a catastrophe,

Road congestion is a pervasive phenomenon.

Take his word against mine.

At the national level, the United States changed its law in 1996 to close a loophole that previously had allowed United States arms brokers to deal guns in other countries with impunity.

The Funnel

There's a hole here, and I shut this.

I was delayed by a traffic jam.

The gag list is now empty.

Scarlett, what happened?

You got him in there...hm?

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