1.   Also, professor positions left vacant by retirements or resignations may have to stay open.

2.   Costello filled the post left vacant by J.P. Bolduc, who was forced to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment.

3.   Democratic former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller was sworn in today to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Republican Paul Coverdell.

4.   Flake filled the seat left vacant by Republican Matt Salmon, who stepped down to keep his promise to serve only three terms in Congress.

5.   Nittmo now occupies alone the hot seat left vacant by the departure of Lin Elliott.

6.   One of the first matters Dole must address is how to fill the seat on the committee left vacant by Packwood.

7.   The Cowboys are in a similar situation at punter, where two unproven players are competing for a job left vacant by the departure of Toby Gowin.

8.   The factories and wineries were not built among Palestinian towns and farms but on land long left vacant by long-ago wars.

9.   The neighborhood since has rebounded, with new homes built on land left vacant by the expressway.

10.   The spot was left vacant by David Williams, who was promoted.