Patching together holes

It's hard to speak fluently on the radio; even professionals sometimes
stumble. A reporter on NPR's "Morning Edition" this morning said "The
Justice Department is trying to put some steps into place to try to
patch all these holes together. . . ."

To make one big hole? To make the quilt of nothingness?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15766613

Paul Brians

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