Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this volleying has Kremlinologists working overtime, especially since so many of them not long ago were confidently describing Gorbachev as the man who would lead the Soviet Union into the 21st century. Still, the analysts agree on at least one point: no credible contender has yet emerged to fill Gorbachev's shoes. Even most Soviets concede that perestroika, bitter as it may be, is the last hope for economic recovery...
...Union Candy Store Manager Daniel Steiner '54 takes on responsibility for approving tenure, selecting deans, greeting foreign diplomats and ingratiating himself with freshmen at Dean Moses' weekly teas. He denies that the additional responsibilities are an attempt to relieve President Bok's workload, explaining that he merely had to fill extra free time now that the anti-union drive is over...
Harvard finally announces its selection for Law School dean and manages to fill the spot with a female minority. "I'm looking forward to the new post," says Matina S. Horner, who is Greek...
...shocking protest over his company's involvement in tobacco, the Big Fig Newton hangs up his green booties for good. RJR-Nabisco's new owners, the takeover giant Kohlberg, Kravitz and Roberts (a.k.a. Harvard's slush fund), fill his pointy shoes with another prominent ambassador of good will. "Indeed, it is a profound honor to assume such a prestigious post. It is a veritable step up the ladder, one might say," former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III tells Gourmet magazine...
...Fill 'er up!" In these days of buck-a-gallon gasoline, millions of + Americans belt out those words with relish in filling stations from Honolulu to Hartford. But the cost of that tankful could soon take its biggest leap since the oil-parched 1970s. Reason: a hefty increase in the federal gasoline tax may be coming down the road this year. To an increasing number of politicians and economists, a gas-tax boost would be one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the 1990 budget deficit. The idea could quickly gain ground among congressional leaders...