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Passengers are chosen for screening by a “random mathematical permutation” generated the morning of the checks to guard against accusations of racial, gender, or religious discrimination, Venturelli said...
...search process is non-invasive and random. Bags are not opened—the handles and zippers are swabbed with a special test strip which is then fed through an explosives detection machine, according to Venturelli...
Travelers at the Harvard Square T station faced minor delays yesterday as Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority police performed random security testing of passengers’ bags...
This is the first time checks have occurred at the Harvard Square T station, though they have been occurring elsewhere at random throughout the T system, according to Lt. Salvatore Venturelli, the commander of the MBTA district that serves the Harvard station...
...Even random research projects deserve recognition. Last week’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in Sanders Theatre did just that, celebrating the most improbable research done this past year. This class of winners canvassed everything from vanilla fragrance via cow poop to a “gay bomb” that made enemy soldiers mind-numbingly sexy to each other. (Sounds dangerous—and fabulous!) War-time orgies aside, the awards also mentioned a study on the effects of Viagra on jet-lagged hamsters. Diego A. Golombek, who conducted the study, flew in from Argentina to accept...