Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...team's almost crippling depth problems didn't end in the defensive-corps. After losing five players after last season, the icewomen picked up only a single freshman this year to fill the gaps, a gap which left only two forward lines and the defensive trio huffing and puffing after every game...
...committee members said that it could be months before it approves a final plan. The telescoping device, according to Abernathy, would have to be tested against the possibility that water would fill the "sleeves" of the posts in the ground...
Within the giant cabinets that fill each floor of the building, scientists store collections of an incredible array of creatures, from the largest bird in the world to the smallest owl, fossils of the earliest known life or fossilized mammoths. In all, the museum houses collections of almost every historical precursor to men, including a marine biology section...
...last October, the Faculty created a task force to examine how computers can be most effectively used, and it is currently looking to fill a newly created post that would oversee Harvard's computerization plans...
Oddly, Mondale's recent revival is reminiscent of Richard Nixon's nomination course almost two decades ago. Like Nixon, Mondale inhaled the thin but exhilarating air of the White House as a Vice President and concluded that he was big enough to fill the Oval Office. Like Nixon, he spent years courting his party's regional powerbrokers and filled his pockets with political lOUs. Also reminiscent of Nixon, Mondale found a prosperous law firm to replenish his meager personal finances while he ran virtually full time for the presidential nomination. Mondale draws a $150,000 annual salary...