Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Costello: this breaststroker from Anchorage, Alaska is needed to fill the hole left by the graduation of Allison Greis...
...winless in four meets last season, hope freshmen Edward Cushman and Vineet Gupta can fill a gap in the middle distances. The squad will also be counting on returning sprinters Don Levine and Chris Robertson...
...discipline that the Mafia's commission had enforced. Created in the 1930s after a particularly bloody period of gang warfare, the commission divides turf among families, settles disputes and sanctions the slayings of those who break the rules. It now has several vacancies that may not be easy to fill. "The machinery to resolve those disputes has been wiped out," contends Ronald Goldstock, head of the New York State organized-crime task force. But if Mob rivalries are allowed to fester, he notes, the result could be a new outburst of gangland violence...
...idea was a trademark Chrysler brainstorm. Since Japanese automakers were raising their prices in the U.S., why not fill the gap they were leaving with a domestic subcompact that would sell for less than $6,000? Practically overnight, the No. 3 automaker put together a bargain intended to give U.S. car buyers a pleasant form of sticker shock. The automaker slashed the price of its front-wheel-drive Plymouth Horizon and Dodge Omni by $710 and tossed in options worth $684 for free. Chrysler calculated that it could still make a profit, partly because it had long since paid...
...automaker specialized in small, economical cars, but the markups on those models are slight compared with the margins on more expensive vehicles. "In the auto business, luxury and profits have become synonymous," says James Alexandre, who follows the industry for the investment firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. To help fill its luxury niche, Chrysler is gradually buying control of the Italian automaker Maserati. The first jointly produced car, priced at about $30,000 and code-named the Q- coupe, will be shipped from Italy late next year...