Word: fillings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Council member Andreas Beroutsos '88 said he disagreed with the Executive Board's decision to invite five of its own members to fill the six council slots. Beroutsos offered his own slate of representatives to attend the March 14 meeting with Harvard's chief governing body...
...garden is open to all members of Harvard College at all times," says Ellen Hatfield, who is Epps's personal secretary. She says student groups can call her office to reserve the space and then fill out an application form to use the space...
...elderly are doing far, far more than just playing. The "shadow work" of millions of volunteers -- in schools, hospital wards, prisons and arts centers -- has helped fill the hole left by younger women, once full-time volunteers, who have entered the work force. Many retirees view such service as a duty as well as a pastime. Lois Eiseman, 67, a former kindergarten teacher, travels to schools and day-care centers to test children for hearing disabilities. Restaurant Owner "Daddy" Bruce Randolph, 88 this week, serves thousands of dinners to Denver's homeless and shut-ins every Thanksgiving. Wayne Matson...
Granted, many retirees looking to return to work have had a harder time. It often takes many months to find a suitable job, whether to supplement Social Security or fill spare time. But between 1980 and 1986 the number of part-time employees in the U.S. rose by 23%, twice the rate of full-time jobholders, in part because many large corporations were quick to respond to the widened applicant pool. McDonald's created McMasters, a four-week job-training program for people over 50. The part-time work has helped people like Kathrine Gaik, 76, dodge an idle...
After the Soviet government withdrew the mission's 260 Soviet employees 16 months ago to protest the expulsion of its diplomats from Washington, the State Department hired a private U.S. contractor to fill the vacancies. When the firm had trouble finding Russian-speaking American maintenance workers, it hit upon the idea of sending over budding Kremlinologists...