Word: randomed
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...nephews to concerts and plays. Toni Moore, 47, a schoolteacher from Charlotte who has been married eight years and has chosen not to have children, helps pay tuition for her niece and nephew and takes them along on special vacations. New York City-based Joni Evans, 45, publisher of Random House trade books, openly mothers her authors and colleagues and feels no societal pressure to have children ("People ask, Are you a child person or not? You're not? O.K."). As for fears of growing old without children, Psychologist Goodchilds explains, "For many, not having children removes the concern...
Claudia's great intellectual preoccupation -- as well as the thesis of her historical volumes -- is the random nature of history. Woe to the person who sees any order in the past; kaleidoscope is Claudia's favorite word. Effective enough at first, this aspect of Moon Tiger is overdrawn and finally tedious. A similar strain shows in what are by now familiar literary musings about the ancient stones and mysterious fossils around Lyme Regis. It is possible that Dorset should be cordoned off to novelists for a decade...
Until 1969, the Bureau selected its members by their academic standing and was considered one of the top three activities for students with high grade point averages. Now first-year law students apply to the Bureau during the spring, and the Bureau selects its members by random lottery...
...Random Notes...
...real question here is whether the College is more committed to freedom of choice or the promotion of diversity. Freshman already live in random distributions in the Yard to produce diversity. The current lottery system is designed to give students a measure of choice when it comes to where and with whom they want to live--one of the most important decisions undergraduates make in their four years here. Athletes may pick Kirkland for its location near the gyms; artists may go to Adams for its atmosphere. The College must not pursue its goal of diversity to the point where...