Word: fill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Press recommended that Peterson order thetextbooks through another store, but other HarvardSquare bookstores will rarely fill class orders, asituation which gives the Coop a virtual monopolyon book orders, the course assistant said...
...Rather became upset after learning that the network's coverage of the U.S. Open tennis tournament might cut into that night's 6:30 newscast. He called CBS News President Howard Stringer and told him that if the Evening News did not begin on schedule, CBS Sports should fill the remaining time until the second, and final, edition of the news began at 7. When the semifinal match between Steffi Graf and Lori McNeil was still on the network at 6:30, Rather unclipped his microphone and left the set to call Stringer again. Moments later the match ended...
...most unlikely product: prescription drugs. G.D. Searle -- best known for introducing the first birth-control pill and NutraSweet, the widely used sugar substitute -- is offering full refunds to customers who find the company's medications ineffective or experience unpleasant side effects. All a patient has to do is fill out a postcard-size form with information about where the drug was bought and how much it cost, and attach the sales receipt. The patient's physician signs the form, sends it in, and Searle mails the check to the --customer...
When the student body was almost entirely male, the fraternity system could capture a relatively small percentage of men. But "currently, we have to capture about 60 percent of the men" to fill up the houses," Parfomak said...
...fill in the blank), how are ya'? Where are you living? I'm in blank House--we got a triple for five people, a walk-through. What classes you taking? Oh, really? I took it last year. A flaming gut, no shit. So, where did you go this summer to get that great tan? You say you roller-skated along the banks of the Nile to raise money for the homeless and then spent a month touring beaches in Spain, France and Italy? Sounds really great...