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...masters' new consensus removes a major stumbling block from the plan to change the lottery from its present form, which maximizes student choice. Last year, opposi- tion from some masters helped scuttle aproposal to reserve 25 percent of the places ineach house for random assignment...
...definitely wasn't done by using the service--anyone who tries that can attest to the fact that more cars are needed. By the same token, it can't have been done by talking to the drivers--I have taken a random poll of the drivers on different nights and each one of them feels that the service would benefit from more cars...
...East European and International Studies in Cologne. East Germans mockingly call Krenz a "professional youth" because he has continued to dabble in youth affairs despite his age, organizing and attending rock concerts that are intended to pacify restless youngsters. A West German television crew, interviewing East Germans at random the day of Krenz's appointment, turned up evidence of the popular disdain. "He's one of the concrete heads," said a young man. Remarked an elderly woman: "They should all step down and let new blood...
...that kind of thrill. The worst part may be the feeling of helplessness. There is no right thing to do just then, except perhaps to flee the building. There is no knowing where the earth will open next. The wild cracking follows no principle but the terrifyingly random. Denial ("this is not happening") competes with fascination...
Personally, I would prefer 100 percent randomization to the 50 percent or more plan proposed last year by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57. But no matter what solution the College implements, it must be based on random assignments. No other alternative produces the same result with fewer drawbacks...