Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...search to fill the post has begun and "it is quite possible that it will be filled by someone from within the school," said K-School spokesman Steve Singer. He said he did not know from what area of government the K-School might pluck the professor...
Because the History Department and the Government Department did not offer what these interdisciplinary students wanted, Russian and Soviet Studies students petitioned their own umbrella-department to fill in the gaps...
...Only in America" award goes to newly elected Representative Fred "Gopher" Grandy '70 (R-lowa), who proved once again that you can be a middle-rate actor and still make it in politics. Republican Marc Holtzman, a personal favorite of President Ronald Reagan, challenged his opponent to fill a urine bottle and prove that he too was "drug free." The offer was refused, but Holtzman lost by a 3-1 margin anyway...
...irony is overwhelming. Those who bothered to fill out the forms and go through the proper channels face deportation and must wait years before they can legally immigrate, while those who ignored the proper channels and stayed in the U.S. illegally will soon possess green cards. However, the irony is entirely a manufactured one, created and played...
...refusal to uphold the death sentences in all 61 capital cases that came before the court during her nine-year tenure. A coalition of political conservatives, county prosecutors, and relatives of murder victims lobbyed to remove Bird and her associates, empowering Republican Governor George Deukmejian to pick conservatives to fill the vacant judicial seats...