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Word: fill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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That agenda, he says, "is fairly typical of Afro-American studies across the country." If Harvard can successfully recruit candidates to fill those posts, then the department will be in "excellent" shape over the next 10 years...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Literary Scholars Remake Black Studies | 12/15/1988 | See Source »

...fill RFK stadium to see them because Cooke loved his players with dollars and kept the team in tiny RFK because we made it shake...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Lost Faith: Gibbs and God | 12/15/1988 | See Source »

When all roads lead to Kansas City and the Final Four in the book's final pages, the reader has already struggled through enough game stories and play-by-play to fill the sports pages of The Boston Globe. Fifty times...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: A Season Inside | 12/10/1988 | See Source »

...said that it found in its inspections some of the airlines failed to fill management positions or filled them with "inexperienced or unqualified people." For example, the agency said, a chief pilot at one airline was not aware of regulations on how much rest pilots should be allowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAA Finds Commuter Airline Violations | 12/10/1988 | See Source »

...some political observers retained grave reservations about his ability, his dedication and his intelligence. The previous two representatives from the district--his uncle John and Tip O'Neill--went on to become President and Speaker of the House respectively, and there were many serious doubts about whether Joe could fill those shoes...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: A Cure for Kennedyitis | 12/8/1988 | See Source »

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