Word: selectiveness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
...time he did so on Sept. 2, his department had already hired about two-thirds of the required census coordinators through the civil service. Thus these nonpartisan supervisors will be able to select most of the 400,000 door- to-door enumerators at up to $8 an hour. Republicans are livid. Complained Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber: "Patronage is the lifeblood of politics in many congressional districts. To have this slip by us for bureaucratic reasons is just infuriating...
Despite these conclusions, the Administration is using the furor over Panama to seek more leeway to assist a coup that, while not intended to kill Noriega or another foreign leader, might wind up doing just that. At the same time, Bush last week assured the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that he would give it "timely notice" of covert actions, at least within a matter of days (in contrast to the ten months that Ronald Reagan once took...
...rare move, this year the judges for the contest decided to split the prize, rather than select an outright winner. In addition, the judges chose two collections for honorable mention, Michael H. Choi '91 and Robert J. O'Hara, a graduate student. A total of nine students applied for the award...
...letter to The Crimson this summer, Walsh made similar accusations about Duehay because he advised the Board of Zoning Appeal and the License Commission. Walsh called such activity "improper" because, as a council member, Duehay indirectly helps select board members...