11.   Fassel appears intent on assembling his defensive staff first and will be in New Orleans next week to interview candidates and fill staff openings.

12.   Expecting redemptions of mortgage-backed securities because the underlying mortgages are being refinanced, managers are buying Treasury securities to fill potential openings in portfolios.

13.   Gilbert acknowledges that hiring has not gone as quickly as Midland had hoped, but he said the company is confident it will be able to fill its openings.

14.   Hill said he was particularly concerned about hiring welfare workers to fill openings in the city hospitals, which have been particularly hard hit by the budget cuts.

15.   In any case, for many ballet companies, it is their best opportunity to fill openings.

16.   In the midst of grieving, businesses must figure out how to fill their openings to minimize further financial losses, without seeming disrespectful to those who died.

17.   It appears likely that the Cardinals will have to fill their opening at starting cornerback through the draft instead of free agency.

18.   It also is becoming difficult to fill openings, even in tough economic times, Pettice said.

19.   Like the Padres, the Yankees may have to fill an opening in their World Series lineup.

20.   More than half of area employers take from one to six months to fill an opening.