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Word: assign (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...station and fruit stand. They are situated about 17 miles southwest of Mobile on a two-lane blacktop bleached by the sun to fish-belly white, in a community called Fowl River. After the accident in 1975 gave him a limpy leg, his physician told him to assign his hurt limb to as few chores as possible. So Laura Roach took over the fruit stand, as well as a barbecue pit in summer, and Eugene Roach bolted to the wall nearest his gas pumps a custom-made checkerboard table bearing the legend IT'S YOUR MOVE. And Eugene Roach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: Undefeated Champion | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...random lottery is non sensical. There are other compelling reasons to oppose changing the lottery system members of certain minority groups, for example, require a minimum number of intra group associations to ensure a comfortable Harvard experience Nearly every GISA and BSA leader will tell you that to randomly assign and spread gay and Black students across campus would disastrosuly affect their mutual support system. Also groups stereotypes to Harvard tend not to remain in place. Mather House seems to be replacing Adams House as the most popular residence for says players flock to Leverett as if it were Kirkland...

Author: By R. Scottfalk, | Title: THE HQUSING LOTTERY | 2/7/1985 | See Source »

...first option, called a "total random" system, is modeled after Yale College's housing lottery. It would assign individual students to a House by random when they register as freshmen...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss and Rebecca K. Kramnick, S | Title: Housing Lottery To Face Review | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...second option, known as the "modified random" proposal, would randomly assign student-chosen rooming groups to the Houses during the spring of their freshman year...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss and Rebecca K. Kramnick, S | Title: Housing Lottery To Face Review | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...needs to have a better assessment of our response capabilities where the Soviets are concerned, whether it is One-fifth of the next 70 shuttle flights are scheduled as military missions, and future payloads may include controversial Star Wars technology. In the meantime, the U.S. is moving swiftly to assign and deploy even more advanced space surveillance systems, including "low- look" satellites that can take pictures of the numbers on a car's license plate from 80 miles above the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Window on the Soviets | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

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