Word: switched
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Until this year, students were able to apply directly to the houses into which they wished to switch. Under this new policy, applicants can only choose the specific house in which they will live only if they are willing to transfer alone or with one other person and if they are moving into a particular rooming group within another house. Students seeking singles and groups of students wishing to switch together can eliminate only two houses (plus their own) in which they do not wish to live, but are then randomly placed among the other nine houses. "Many students...
...past years makes it clear just how important housing is for a student's quality of life. The three categories employed by the new procedure, randomized singles, groups and sponsored singles or pairs, are not responsive to the multitude of circumstances under which a student may want to switch houses. Many students' needs have been, and will continue to be, neglected by the changes...
...maid, Mobutu rose to head Zaire's army upon independence in 1960, then seized power five years later. In the decades since, he has kept his balance by continually shunting friends and enemies in and out of favor. A favorite technique for keeping underlings in line has been to switch without warning from generosity to savagery. He has been known to have a man arrested, tortured and forced to drink his own urine before awarding him a prestigious (and lucrative) Cabinet post...
...believers and pastors whom his thoughts don't embarrass. And more oddly still, his struggle is not unique. It began about 14 years ago, when Burton, then attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, converted from his childhood Southern Baptist faith to Catholicism. For the most part, the switch suited him fine. The Baptists were a little too easygoing for him; he preferred the Catholic view that salvation depends not only on accepting Jesus but also on what you do with your life. There was one hitch. As the months following his conversion turned to years, it dawned...
...Albania's European neighbors and the U.S. certainly are. They have been lecturing him on the need for a peaceful settlement, and they are sending emissaries to try some cool-headed mediation. To make it work, the rebels will have to moderate their demands, and Berisha will have to switch to a more conciliatory approach. If they do not, the next step is likely to be into a real civil...