Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...neatly plugged potholes along Grenada's twisting dirt roads are a testimony to U.S. aid. Less visible but more ample is the American effort to help fill the Caribbean island's political vacuum before all but several hundred of the remaining 3,000 U.S. troops pull out for good this month...
...time into gas ovens built for one. The jumbled ashes were allegedly dumped into 30-gal. trash cans. Then, says Bob Kilburn, a funeral refrigeration-supply manufacturer who installed a cooler at Harbor Lawn three years ago, "they'd scoop up ashes with a pail and fill ten cardboard boxes, type up ten labels and proceed to make ten people." In other words, the remains of Aunt Felicia might be liberally sprinkled with the ashes of someone else's Cousin Harold or Uncle Fred. Says Kilburn: "I guess that's called genetic engineering...
...formerly stayed behind the scenes now put new goods on shelves in full view of customers. Shopping carts used to be anathema because they bore the aura of discount stores, but now they are being tested in some locations. Salespeople have been ordered to keep displays tidy and to fill in at cash registers to help cut average checkout time from three minutes to 90 seconds...
Paine lets co-op members use his van to pick up food orders and helps with the co-op chores. One night this October someone asked Paine to fill in as cook and according to Tanaka, he cooked "the best dinner at the co-op"--"a roaring success of a chicken dinner...
Clemens says Garvin has performed admirably, demonstrating "top performance." He emphasizes that Garvin is not simply "a fill in," adding, "Kevin has been monumental on our specialty teams...