Word: filled
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...they had to wait for his lungs to clear. The bottom part of both lungs had begun to fill with fluid. In the past, doctors had no way of removing that fluid, and the patient would die of pneumonia. "They clear the lungs through repeated suctioning," says Reeve. "They stick a tube right down into your lungs and pull out the liquid. You can't feel down to your lungs, but you can feel the tube go down your throat...
Robin is candid about what she calls the "void" in her life. She lost her job last year as an administrator in Century 21's lobbying office. "I'm very content, but there's a small, medium area I would like to fill," she says. Like many children of divorce, she loves the idea of family and hopes for the opportunity to have a child. She jokes that the Doles' dog Leader is "my stepbrother." On the first Mother's Day after her father remarried, she took flowers to Elizabeth Dole, who, she says, cried because she didn't think...
...Perot organization is mainly a one-man band. Perot's cabinet isn't big enough to fill a kitchen. Russell Verney is the all-around organizer, spinmeister, and aide-de-camp. A former air-traffic controller who ran for Congress as a Democrat in New Hampshire, he has brought some order to the Perot operation where others have failed. Clay Mulford, Perot's son-in-law, a big-time corporate lawyer, is the resident expert on arcane election and finance issues. Perot has a part-time pollster in Gordon Black, who provides memos on message and tactics but typically gets...
...firm Creative Strategies, was curious about how the man would react to a focus-group presentation of Silicon Valley's latest hot idea: using a TV receiver to cruise the Internet. As Bajarin watched, the subject waited patiently a full 30 seconds for a sports-related Web page to fill the screen. He studied it for a minute, then looked up and asked, "When do the movies start...
...cares if Prince William can or cannot save the monarchy? It has ceased to be of any interest, and at best is just good material to fill the tabloids. ASHER GABBAY Petah Tikva, Israel...