Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some regrouping to do before a final contest against a tough Yale team. Sophomore Brad Desaulniers, who had re-joined the Crimson following a year's leave just before its first trip to Princeton, left the squad again for personal reasons. He left a number three spot to fill: Jackson was next in line but an ankle sprain kept him out of action for nearly two weeks. Peter Dinneen was also out with a shoulder injury...
...second round of balloting to fill Undergraduate Council seats vacated since the end of first semester. Seven students won election last week in three Houses and two districts in the Yard. Several of the victors faced competition only from unofficial write in candidates...
Military officers say the specs prevent cheating by contractors and help fill special needs. Perhaps the Pentagon did have to design a carrying case for a Bell & Howell 16-mm camera that could withstand both arctic cold and desert heat-but one may wonder whether the case is worth eight times as much as the camera it holds. Defense Department Engineer Ralph Applegate was fired six years ago for disclosing that the services were paying $1,130 a piece for piston rings that civilian buyers could purchase for as little as $100 each. Explanations are still being sought about...
Charles Dempsey, 54, the inspector general at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will fill in temporarily for Novick. Alfred M. Zuck, 48 an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration and Management, was named to take over for Horton on an acting basis. EPA Official Courtney Riordan, 45, the acting administrator for research and development, was named to the post permanently. The White House tapped Lee Thomas, 38, to replace the ousted Rita Lavelle as head of the agency's hazardous-waste program. The Administration also created a new congressional-liaison job designed to smooth ruffled relations between...
...weeks ahead, the White House also hopes to calm the constant personnel turmoil that has marked Burford's tenure. Since she arrived 20 months ago, six people have been nominated to fill the two associate-administrator spots directly under her. Three have resigned or were fired, and one withdrew his name from further consideration amid allegations of conflict of interest. Two of the six assistant administrators' posts remained vacant for more than a year after Reagan took office, and one remained without a permanent appointee until last week. By week's end it was disclosed that Reagan...