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...Random:Unplanned or unnatural happening: I ran into my first-grade teacher in the Square. It was so random...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard speak | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...didn't want to do this, but here's morepractical advice (from here on too-cool types aredismissed). It's all sort of random, but so is thefirst year at Harvard. That, you will learn foryourself...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: If You're Here, You May Be There Already | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...bring a sleeping bag for all the overnight guests, random prefrosh, guests of your roommate, visiting friends from other colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rain Gear a Must, but Lose the SAT Scores | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...drug test. Acton's parents sued, arguing that their son, who was not a known drug user, had been subjected to unreasonable search. Today, in a 6-3 decision with broad implications for all American students, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools can require athletes to undergo random drug testing, without establishing any suspicion that the students involved are abusing substances. The Court held that school athletes have a lesser expectation of privacy, so that testing them does not constitute an unreasonable search. Justice Antonin Scalia cautioned that the new ruling applied only to athletes, and should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPREME COURT BACKS STUDENT DRUG TESTING | 6/26/1995 | See Source »

...survey yet, based on results from the Nurses Health Study, which has followed 121,700 women nurses since 1972. While the new findings are significant, TIME science reporter Alice Park says they're far from definitive. "It's not the best study, mainly because it's not a true random sample of the population. So there could be factors other than estrogen involved." A definitive, randomized survey is in the works. But the results won't be known until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESTROGEN MAY LEAD TO BREAST CANCER | 6/14/1995 | See Source »

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