21.   McSweeney speculated the loss of retail jobs indicates the industry is having a tough time filling openings as it prepares for the Christmas season.

22.   Nearly one-third of small businesses surveyed last month reported having trouble filling job openings.

23.   Oregon State running-backs coach Dan Cozzetto interviewed at USC on Monday as Trojans coach Pete Carroll attempts to fill two openings on his staff.

24.   Over the centuries, the opening was filled in stone by stone to keep plunderers from driving their horse-carts into the chapel.

25.   Permanent replacements, the Supreme Court has ruled, do not violate that right because strikers are first in line to fill job openings.

26.   Some schools go bust, unable to fill an opening with a prized candidate.

27.   Thanks to the aggressive play of Robert Jones, that opening was filled with a bang.

28.   That opening was never filled.

29.   The Bengals filled their opening last week by giving the interim coach Bruce Coslet a four-year contract.

30.   The high-tech industry uses these visas to fill job openings with skilled workers from overseas.