41.   You can fill the cracks with a caulking compound, but that is cosmetic and will not get to the nub of the problem.

42.   Cracks were being filled and soil subsidence, worsened by heavy rains earlier this year, was being topped up.

43.   Grass and weeds fill cracks in the concrete parking lot.

44.   Soldiers and residents of riverside communities have kept up around-the-clock vigils on dikes for weeks, filling cracks and guarding against undermining by the river.

45.   Meltwater fills smaller cracks in the shelf and its weight fractures the ice mass.

46.   Other cracks will be filled.