Word: random
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this scheme may be for men with a year or the experience in undergraduate life, it is rarely true of Freshmen, and Princeton is fortunate in being able to group a large number of their first year men near each other where they belong, rather than scattering them at random...
...that "if a forward pass is legally touched and when free is touched by another player of the passer's side, the ball shall go to the opponents on the spot." The object of this rule is to accomplish the needed change of making the forward pass less a random play, and the penalty attached will tend to prevent scrambling at the far end of the pass...
...commonly known as "Jimmy," is about to disclose the fact that he is not the great man, when he meets an old college chum named Knight Byrd who induces him to keep up the pretence and to manufacture a market forecast for the paper. The letter is written with random carelessness and sent to the paper before the real millionaire arrives. Joshua P. Brown, of course, quickly dethrones Jimmy; but the letter has already done its work and Vanderventer Parks, the father of Frances Parks, "Jimmy's" flancee, is almost ruined by the consequent drop of the stock...
...songs responded, others took turns at the piano, and everybody joined in the chorus of the well known songs, so that there was not a pause during the entire two hours. It is believed that this plan of having frequent meetings of comparatively small groups of men chosen at random from the class will give an opportunity for making acquaintances which the smokers, with their very large attendance, could not provide...
...After all the undergraduate ticket applications have been received they are collected in one receptacle and drawn at random. Thus no distinctions are made between any of the men applying. Applications are filled in the order of their drawing...