11.   Laborers, office workers, housewives and college students filled their ranks.

12.   Many of the Afghan farmers and laborers who filled the ranks of the Taliban have managed to reintegrate themselves into Afghan life.

13.   More than ever before, the Army is counting on women to fill its ranks.

14.   Renamo spokesmen long denied that they used children to fill their ranks.

15.   So what happens to an organization that fills its ranks with people who think and do just like their bosses?

16.   Some activists say that the army, as the protector of the country, needs to show that it is as serious about protecting those who fill its ranks.

17.   That has raised concerns about a corresponding decline in the quality of auditors as the profession reaches deeper to fill its ranks.

18.   The children of poor rural families fill the ranks of both the FARC and the ELN.

19.   The census also is working with minority organizations, local governments and job-placement centers to fill the ranks.

20.   The events happened while MARTA scrambled to fill leadership ranks in the months after the departure of former General Manager Rick Simonetta.