Word: partially
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Four broad options for changing the lotteryhave emerged, Jewett said. One is thestudent-generated proposal for "non-orderedchoice," in which students select four houses andare randomly assigned to one of them. Anotherwould modify "partial randomization" to allowstudents partial access to a second- orthird-choice house if their first choice meets itsquota, Jewett said...
...found the vegetarian hamburger to be, frankly, vile. We were amazed at HDS' lame attempt to improvise a new menu item. We compared it unfavorably to other emetics frequently served in our dining halls, such as broccoli-cheese pasta and vegetable stromboli. If Mr. Berger turns out to be partial to these dishes too, we would not dream of denying him the right to his opinion. We would, however, deny him the right to speak for the general undergraduate population, which we believe feels that the quality of the food at Harvard is inexcusably...
...fact, some say he has already won a partial victory, as the debate now seems to be framed in terms of 100 percent random or nothing...
...World War II. As appalling as the idea might sound, the U.S. government has essentially said that it is ready to supply money and weapons to the Khmer Rouge, a party that murdered over a million Cambodians while in power during the late 1970s, so that they may regain partial control of Cambodia...
...partial remedy is being tried in New York City. The city's new adoption- counseling unit works with drug-addicted birth mothers at the hospital to explain the possibility of giving up parental rights and freeing their children for quick adoption. Earlier this year the city instituted a plan encouraging would-be adoptive parents to serve as foster parents for children who haven't yet been freed for adoption, and then adopt them as soon as legally possible. "Parents don't have to go to Korea or South America if they ! want to adopt an infant," says adoption-services director...