Word: fill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Students interested in taking the course, given by David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, must fill out a brief questionnaire asking field of concentration, home town, possible career choices, job experience, and other outside interests. The course staff hopes to have a wide variety of interests and backgrounds represented in each section...
...these models 15%. General Motors' Cadillac division reported that retail deliveries of Cadillacs in the first 20 days of December set a record. The Pontiac division has already produced 38% of its entire 1958 model year output (217,282 cars), still has 24,000 dealer orders to fill. Ford and Chevy also reported hefty increases in December retail-truck deliveries. Chevy said truck sales in the first 20 days of December were up 38.5% from last year, and Ford expects December to be the best month for truck sales since 1955. Many in the industry, like scrappy, optimistic American...
...ghost, my ashes will fight federation. Are you with me?" When the cries of "yes, yes" died down, Banda continued. The British, he said, wanted federation. "Why? So we can be herded into reserves like animals in our own country. Don't trust the missionaries. We must fill the prisons. That's the only way to get freedom. To hell with federation...
...when an aging, sharp-featured wingman with deep-set flashing jet-black eyes and a mop of black hair cuddles the puck to his stick, nurses it past enemy defenders, skillfully fakes the goalie out of position and flicks the rubber disk into the cage. Shouts of "Rocket, Rocket" fill the air in delirious tribute to Joseph Henri Maurice Richard, the greatest player in modern hockey history...
...radio and TV stations that tried to fill the news gap by extended coverage, the best job was done by a radio station tied to a good newspaper-the New York Times's WQXR. Department editors went on the air to read stories; other staffers chatted conversationally among themselves on topics of the hour. Taped interviews with Timesmen overseas gave listeners a Timeslike ration of international affairs. Every day Theodore M. Bernstein, the Times's able, shirt-sleeved assistant managing editor, patiently and expertly filled for his audience, column by column, an imaginary Times Page One-and emerged...