Word: randomly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hershey is an intensely practical, no-nonsense man, without any delusions about the draft. He admits the system is unfair, inequitable, and coercive, but justifies sticking with it because he lacks a better one that works. Although he originally opposed a random-selection draft system, he new favors it and views with dismay those Congressmen "too set in their old ways to accept a new idea on its merits." He is disappointed that the Marshall Commission's reform package was "broken up by Congress and left a grotesque thing that doesn't make sense...
BEYOND BELIEF by Emlyn Williams. 354 pages. Random House...
Last spring all Johnson had to do was submit a model random-selection plan to a conference committee in order to have a chance of getting it written into law. His silence was unexplainable. Now, Johnson has chosen to remain silent because he is reluctant to choose among politically unattractive alternatives...
...past only a few seniors selected at random were given permission to live "off-off". It is not surprising that Cliffies resented the materialistic tone of this policy. Many felt that though the house system may have been pleasant during their first two years, they now wanted to choose their own life style. It was an offense to their intelligence that the administration did not seem to feel they could make a competent choice...
...Other leading firms are Monarch Press, Study Master and Cliff's Notes, which is currently being sued by Random House and the heirs of William Faulkner on the claim that summarizing his works violates copyright laws...