Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...articulated some of what neoliberalism may be, but his was but a grab-bag of new ideas and his rhetoric lacked the compassion that neoliberals will need to convince voters they are not just warmed-over Republicans. Now, it is the task of the would-be Democratic Presidents to fill in their rhetoric with specific programs for industrial policy, tax incentives and reform, and, most important, a social agenda that will clearly differentiate the Democrats from post-Reagan Republicans like Rep. Jack F. Kemp (R.N.Y) and Vice President George Bush...
...states just as it did in the days of another Gandhi. And it was she who pointed the way to other states in the non-alignment movement as she steered the narrow course between the superpower poles. It is difficult to imagine who on the Indian political roster could fill her shoes...
However heartfelt and moving, Mondale's last appeal seems no match for the relentless Reagan campaign. In the final week Reagan's message will fill the air waves. A $19 million get-out-the-vote drive has already added 6 million Republicans to the rolls, and the G.O.P. has signed up legions of canvassers for Election Day. Says Political Director Rollins: "We know where our voters are and we'll turn them...
...techniques that extended mankind's reach 6 billion miles into the universe and led to the discovery of such intense, distant radio sources as pulsars and quasars; of pneumonia; in Cambridge, England. His major discovery, aperture synthesis, provided a method of focusing many small, separate radio antennas to fill in the gaps in broad-band radio waves, allowing astronomers to record tiny details, equivalent in terms of optical telescopes to reading a postage stamp on the moon...
...Much Ado. But Cyrano is extraordinary, unique; his heart and his compulsive excellence set him apart from other mortals more than his prominent proboscis. Jacobi, for all his energetic resourcefulness, has neither the swagger nor the stature for the part. He commandeers the stage with his ambition to fill the role, but his shortcomings are as plain as the nose on Cyrano's face. -By Richard Corliss