Word: filled
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People have demanded not only his head but also their money back, which the treasury is too broke to provide. Beyond that, who would fill the presidency? No one of sufficient stature seems available to take over, even assuming that such a change would make a difference...
Under the proposal, students would be required to fill six areas designated by concentration, and would choose their seventh Core course from two remaining catagories. The current system of exemptions from the remaining areas would be preserved...
...striving to get the best students, the best scholars, the best grants in order to attain the most prestige. Like every other top-tier institution, Penn seeks to attract as large an applicant pool as possible so as to admit as small a percentage of it as possible to fill its available places (a low "admit rate," considered an index of exclusivity). But it hopes most of those admitted will actually enroll (a high "yield," considered a mark of quality). Harvard, the gold standard, last year admitted only 11% of applicants for this year's class; three-quarters of them...
...David Ellwood did a splendid job in his three years as academic dean," said Joseph S. Nye, dean of the Kennedy School. "Fred Schauer has large shoes to fill but he is an excellent scholar who enjoys the full respect of his colleagues...
...didn't have time to contact people to fill their orders," he says...