Word: fill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Granary, named for the town granary which stood where Park Street Church is now located, had its share of troubles. In the old days, underground springs used to fill up the graves with water from time to time, causing the Town Fathers endless drainage worries. And then there were Captain Adino Paddock's elms. Captain Paddock decided Old Granary needed to be dressed up, so he imported 16 elm trees from England and planted them along the cemetery. They were his pride and joy, but unfortunately the youths of Boston town could not resist swinging on the limbs. The Captain...
...Council, which represents students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, also recommended that the Hygiene Department "give serious consideration to the proposal that a pharmacy be established to fill prescriptions for students at cost...
Coach Mikkola must fill one important position before the first meet. In the quarter mile relay veterans Harvey Thayer, Al Ruby, and Captain Dave Hamblett will fill three spots in the quartet, but who will be the fourth man is still a big question. Main contenders for this position are Dave Gilbert, Jerry Simpson, Bert Brown, and Bill Goldberg. In the two mile relay, Jim Downey, Dick Welch, George Williams, and either Ardon Albee or John Cogan should be on the starting line December...
Immediately hailed as the literary discovery of the century, the papers contained huge chunks of Boswell's journal, and hundreds of letters-enough unpublished material to fill 18 thick volumes. As the years passed, the castle continued its yield: Johnson's diary turned up in the strong room, and the entire manuscript of The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides was discovered in an old croquet...
Dale Armstrong of Dartmouth and Bob Sponaugle of Pennsylvania were chosen as ends, and Joe Quinn, Cornell captain, and Stewart Young of Dartmouth fill the guard slots...