Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drive to New York City for meetings with his publishers in one of two Mercedes, or in a red Cadillac convertible or in a Chevy van, but once or twice a year he prefers to vroom south on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Neither of the Kings likes to fill up any of their vehicles. A brother-in-law who acts as handyman and caretaker attends to the cars and van, but rarely rides the Harley. So King has, on occasion, found himself stranded and called home for a pickup, just like a character in a movie. Conferences with editors frequently...
...been in the forefront of the drive for equality. The party adopted a rule requiring that at least 40% of its candidates for public office be women. So when Brundtland was appointed Prime Minister for the second time last May, she had no trouble finding qualified women to fill Cabinet posts. In Norway's 157-seat Storting (parliament), 34% of the members are now women, and the Labor Party's own parliamentary ranks are 41% female. The Prime Minister has taken abuse for her feminist campaigning -- in the past, male politicians disparagingly referred to her as "Chatterbox" and "Mother...
Nelson W. Polsby, an expert on Congress and the electoral process, was recruited from the University of California last April to fill the newlycreated Frank Stanton Chair for Press Scholarship, Harvard's only full-time teaching position dealing with the media...
Harvard failed to fill the spot vacated by its number-one speedster, Paul Gompers, who took the week off to rest in preparation for the rest of the season...
...current Holy Cross fullback Tom Kelleher, attempting to fill the shoes of Gill "The Thrill" Fenerty will be like Tom Thumb trying to fill the shoes of the Jolly Green Giant...