stopping leaks

Johnson, like his successors, was obsessed with stopping leaks to the press.

Stopping leaks, he said, "really is a noble motive here, but the techniques used is a separate issue."

The first focus of the strategy is on simple housekeeping measures - stopping leaks, minimising unnecessary use and better monitoring.

Stopping Leaks But Phoenix quickly highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses of the plan.

David and his men quickly captured all important papers and books while closing valves and stopping leaks.

Admittedly, repairs with roofing cement are somewhat unsightly; but they are effective in stopping leaks, and few people will see the remedy from below.

WANTED, an Efficiency Expert--Machine works wants man capable of thoroughly reorganizing large business along modern lines, stopping leaks and systematizing every activity.

Stopping leaks of nuclear material from poorly guarded military and research sites, storehouses and nuclear plants in the former Soviet Union has become a priority of the Clinton Administration.

At the same time, the Idaho plant is one of those at which the Government is attempting to develop methods for stopping leaks at nuclear waste sites as well as developing methods for disposing of other radioactive substances, including contaminated soil.

Ehrlichman created "The Plumbers", the group at the center of the Watergate scandal, and appointed his assistant Egil Krogh to oversee its covert operations, focusing on stopping leaks of confidential information after the release of The Pentagon Papers in 1971.