Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what do the enlightened editors at The Salient have to say about this Claiming that "a college education (especially one subsidized by American taxpayers) is not a guaranteed right but rather a privilege" Bonker states that the federal government has no obligation to fill the gap between what these families can afford and what tuition costs. Seducing as this distinction between right and privilege may be, however, it is, ultimately, a false...
...Celtics are on the road. Of all the caravans in sports, basketball's is the most intimate. Because of their numbers, baseball and football teams are obliged to travel on chartered planes, and customarily fill out the cabins with supernumeraries. But a basketball troupe consists of ten or twelve players, a coach or two, a writer or three, a radio broadcaster and a combination trainer-traveling secretary. They wait with everyone else for undependable commercial departures. Every team's traditional safeguard against a severe fine for missing a game is always to take the first flight out in the morning...
Lest the owner fear that an inexperienced mariner will run his vessel up on the nearest rocks, the charter firms ask renters to fill out detailed personal history forms and provide references attesting to their sailing skills. Sometimes they must also demonstrate their knowledge of the yacht they will use. "Look out for the guy wearing new Topsiders," says David Gegg, owner of Sail Belize charters in Belize City. The operators all retain the right to put a professional skipper aboard (at an extra cost of about $65 per day) as an added precaution. Most charter firms keep a "chase...
...dreamy semi-darkness that blankets Briggs, memories of two winning seasons rise up easily. Crowds seem to fill the bleachers again, and the shiny wood floor reappears and comes alive as warm-ups begin, or even a game...
Voters in the poorest state representative district will go to the polls today in a special primary election, choosing from among four established community activists to fill a slot on Beacon Hill...