Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unity luncheon. He was flanked by the two rivals he had defeated in the Democratic primary last February: Jane Byrne, the departing mayor, and Richard Daley, son of the legendary boss. Bernard Epton, last Tuesday's Republican loser, skulked off to Florida, leaving his brother to fill in at the lunch. Epton's lack of grace seemed to diminish rather than heighten the tensions: at that moment, it was hard to argue that the better man had lost...
...Perle's near dominance of the arms-control process has another explanation as well. He has been able to fill the partial vacuum of experience, expertise and interest in arms control that exists at the highest levels of the Government, including the Oval Office. Not since World War II has American national security policy been presided over by a group with so little grounding and standing in the field. National Security Adviser William Clark is a transplanted...
...glass space stands empty. The downtown vacancy rate, less than 1% when the energy boom peaked in 1981, has risen to 13%; the city wide rate is 20%. One landlord had offered real estate agents free trips to Paris and even luxury BMW autos as bonuses for helping to fill a new building. Other developers are giving up. Canterra Energy of Canada, an oil and gas exploration company, has dropped plans for a 30- to 35-story office tower and put the site, now a parking lot, up for sale...
...collar chic than a bona fide construction worker. But it turned out that Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, 51, swings a mean pickax. Reproved at a political meeting for junketing about the globe instead of minding the store at home, Young replied: "It would be nice to stay here and fill the potholes. If you find a pothole, see me. I'll fill it up myself." Naturally, the next day, Hizzoner's office received 60 calls. In four scheduled stops he unhesitatingly attacked urban craters, cleaning them out, scooping asphalt into the holes and smoothing them over...
Sean Doyle or David Perkel are likely to fill in for Ross Sunday. Doyle has been injury-ridden since February, while other problems concern Mark Chang, sidelined with tendinitis in both knees since the squad's regular season finale against Springfield...