61.   The home, in a comfortable middle-class neighborhood, has been vacant for some time.

62.   The position had been vacant for more than three years after the government rejected the first nomination.

63.   The post had been vacant for nearly seven months ad Estermann had been serving as acting commander.

64.   The post had been vacant for nearly seven months and Estermann had been serving as acting commander.

65.   The post had gone vacant for nearly seven months while the Vatican vainly sought a Swiss nobleman for the post to keep up with a tradition.

66.   The top U.S. embassy job in Canada has been vacant for a year since the resignation of another Democrat loyalist, former Michigan Gov. James Blanchard.

67.   Their coaching job will remain vacant for another week, at least.

68.   This year he threatened to sponsor a motion to censor Moi for leaving the office of vice-president vacant for a year.

69.   They would fill two positions on the seven-member Fed board, which have been vacant for more than two years.

70.   Two of those positions have been vacant for more than two years.