Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first it seemed that Harvard freshman Chris Pujols might fill the scoring role for the visitors; his goal 13:49 off a pass from Joe Sollee kept Harvard within one at the end of the first quarter. But the Scarlet Knights pulled away with three unanswered goals in the second period...
Then Prins set out to fill the new buses. He installed sleeper seats for Kansas City ski buffs taking the overnight bus to Colorado resorts. He also put video games in some buses and movies on others. Prins' biggest revenue booster was special, cut-rate tours. Example: for $49.95, passengers can take a two-day trip from Des Moines to Minneapolis, complete with dinner and one night at a good hotel. Greyhound and Trailways charge more than $80 for the same round trip, without the hotel or the meal, and airfare is $100 one way. Jefferson now offers tours...
Martin himself comprehends this pressure, but as a co-captain last year, he has had enough time to adjust. "At first I filled my role and waited for others to fill theirs," he explains, but as a captain "how you play matters. That puts a little pressure...
...will be sworn in next week, the national implications of his victory are far less important than the local ones. Whatever influence he may hope to have beyond the city-and whatever effect his election may have for black political power-will depend on whether he is able to fill the potholes and calm the fears of Chicago's prickly neighborhoods. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Christopher Ogden and Don Winbush/Chicago
...possible that Paul Volcker has had his fill of running American money policy and may now want to make a little more money himself. The $69,800 he earns annually as Fed chairman pales in comparison with the $500,000 or so he could command in the private sector. Not that megabucks or family problems have ever swayed him. "With him," says a friend, "the job is the thing, and people like that don't change." While Volcker's term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board runs until 1992 and he could remain even under another...