Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brezhnev rites suggests, Andropov could conceivably fill as many as four seats with his own supporters. He may enlist some "younger" recruits among the nine nonvoting members of the Politburo, including Heavy Industry Specialist Vladimir Dolgikh, 57, and Cultural Watchdog Pyotr Demichev...
There are indications, however, that the spirit of martyrdom that infused Iran's previous offensives is deteriorating. Iranians are shunning military service, and the Khomeini regime has had to take drastic measures to fill the army's ranks. On Nov. 1, Khomeini told all students and civil servants to report to conscription centers and join up. "Where they are needed," the Ayatullah said, "combat duty takes precedence over everything else." Even childhood. Khomeini also issued an edict that no longer requires children to obtain parental consent before going to war. Regular troops have been telling of "tearful boys...
...direction, then Governor Ronald Reagan made three appointments, including one (William Clark, now National Security Adviser) whose failure to finish law school prompted charges that Reagan was naming lightweights. A few years later the same charge was being tossed at Governor Jerry Brown, who also tried to fill the court with nominees sharing his outlook...
...Both Ferry Harvard's third leading scorer last season. Ferry earned Ivy League Rookie of the year honors for his smooth spot Ferry hit 53 percent from the floor while playing in all 26 games last year, and McLaughlin may look to the 6-ft., 4-in sharpshooter to fill some of the scoring gap left by Fleming's graduation...
Indeed, a number of them could still have a chance. Probably not Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, 73, a career diplomat who may have to be content with the largely symbolic post of Soviet President. Or Boris Ponomarev, 77, a onetime historian, who seemed the ideal candidate to fill the role of party "theologian" before Andropov took the job held by the late Mikhail Suslov. Not elder statesmen like Brezhnev's Premier, Nikolai Tikhonov, 77, a man with more experience in government than in the party apparatus, or the widely traveled and urbane Central Committee Secretary Konstantin Rusakov...