She sees it as a straightforward example of artists filling a vacuum left by politicians.

BBC: Oscars: From West Bank to Hollywood

While political parties fight over regional rights, Kurds are filling the vacuum by assuming greater and greater autonomy.

NPR: Flag Symbolizes Divisive Issue of Kurdish Autonomy

Apologists for judicial activism plead that judges are simply filling a vacuum, that they really have no choice.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

To make matters worse for some, more branches of Starbucks and other coffee shop brands are filling the vacuum.

FORBES: Bye-Bye Beer, Hello Coffee

Filling the vacuum are stories about U.S. government and lifestyle coverage.

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The insurgents are filling a vacuum left by Afghanistan's Western-backed government, which foreign diplomats and military commanders concede now suffers from nepotism, corruption and predatory practices.

CNN: Violence, graft overshadow Afghan elections

Now strange charitable trusts and devices are filling the vacuum.

FORBES: The new giving game

To some extent, the Disney influence is filling a vacuum left by the failure of the London stage, so long a source of fresh musicals, to come up with new hits.

ECONOMIST: Disney��s high kicks on Broadway

Now dissidents of all stripes are filling the security vacuum by carving out their own fiefs.

ECONOMIST: Yemen's turmoil

With Mr. Ferguson leaving, there are questions about whether the Glazers will become more active in the management of the team, filling an inevitable vacuum that exists because no obvious successor has been groomed within the club.

WSJ: Alex Ferguson Exit Creates a Management Dilemma at Manchester United