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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best, the College's decision last week to turn random part of the freshman housing lottery deserves praise of the same cautious and half-hearted caliber as the spirit in which it was implemented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairness First | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

...worst, the move by eight of the 12 houses to reserve one-quarter of their available space for random assignment draws charges of inconsistency--even a shade of hypocrisy--against the new system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairness First | 2/8/1989 | See Source »

Professor of Anthropology Irven DeVore said yesterday, "On reflection what I meant was, random lotteries are a civilized solution to a barbaric problem." DeVore applied his comments to Science B-29, "Human Behavioral Biology"--known popularly as "Sex"--which yesterday cut 75 students from 640 who had applied for sections...

Author: By Nara K. Nahm, | Title: Lottery for Core Course Denies `Sex' to Juniors | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

HONG KONG by Jan Morris (Random House; $19.95). The indefatigable traveler and perceptive commentator conveys the sights, sounds, aromas and political significance of this thriving British colony, scheduled to be returned to China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Feb. 6, 1989 | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

LitGaz not only stood by the story but also took its case directly to a jury of sausage savants at the Fauna Cat Lovers Club in Dzerzhinsky, where the editors conducted a random taste test with some finicky felines. Last week, in an article titled "May the Cats Judge Us," the paper reported the results of its poll: out of 30 cats, only a two-month-old kitten named Mura would deign to dine on the suspect sausage. Asked the Gazeta: "All kitties, like Mura, must loyally love sausage. That's the way it's always been since man thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Flunking a Taste Test | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

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