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Many students and administrators say thesystem, which asks first-years to name four housechoices without ranking them, is the fairest wayof doling out space in the houses...

Author: By Christopher R. Mcfadden, | Title: Lottery Fever Hits Yardlings | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

This year, however, Towne said she placedadvertisements for three weeks in housenewsletters in order to find interested students.If more than one man and one woman from a housewished to serve on the parents weekend committee,the house committee and the applicants decidedtogether the fairest way to narrow the pool...

Author: By Olivia F. Gentile, | Title: Minority Groups May Demonstrate | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

...standstill, the normally congested streets deserted. Thousands of police and riot-control troops out on patrol had the silent city to themselves. Citizens were staying home to protest the ruling military's refusal to hand over power to the man elected President on June 12 in the freest, fairest balloting in three decades. For a people accustomed to rule by force, the three-day strike was a brazen act of defiance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Silence | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...Serbia and Croatia suggested splitting Bosnia into three regions, each ethnically homogeneous. The idea was rejected by Bosnian President and Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic. Lord Owen, the British mediator and co-author of an earlier, much more complicated gerrymandering peace plan, said the new idea might not be the fairest or the best but that "the Muslim government would be well advised to look very closely at these proposals and to negotiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest | 6/28/1993 | See Source »

...royal ditsiness, the new queen wants to pave over the Enchanted Woodyou-bemyneighbor to make room for the Fairest of the Mall. Prettiface's plan angers King Oberon Yourleft (Chip Rosetti), a tree-hugging Shakespearean sprite with magical powers. Hence, political subtext...

Author: By John A. Cloud and Beth L. Pinsker, S | Title: AN EVENING WITH KNIGHTS IN SHINING DRAG | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

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