21.   It has even recommended legislation to plug gaps in the system.

22.   Jay Powell, whom the Astros recently acquired in a trade with the Marlins, also has closing experience and could help to plug the gap.

23.   Locally, it could mean choosing between plugging the gap for a bankrupt HMO or building a new ballpark.

24.   News Corp. is seen by some as needing to plug a gap in its satellite distribution network in the United States.

25.   No doubt, the bookers will consider plugging these gaps in time.

26.   Or perhaps a concept called supersymmetry, which predicted a mirror world of particles with names like squarks and sneutrinos, would plug the gaps in understanding.

27.   Other common fabrications include inflating salary history, puffing up job titles, plugging gaps in employment histories and embellishing achievements on projects.

28.   The airline has chartered planes from several mainland Chinese carriers, including Air China, China Southern and China Eastern, to plug gaps in its schedule.

29.   The Expos go on plugging the gaps with talent mined by creative scouts who continue digging and living anonymously.

30.   The government wants to promote competition because it wants to get the highest possible price and help plug a gap in the federal budget.