Word: randomization
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...solution, then, to the annual housing fiasco is a completely random lottery. Let freshmen choose with whom they wish to live, but end the complexity there and leave the rest to fate and the University Hall computer...
...while a random housing system would prevent us from choosing where to live, it would put a premium on choosing with whom to live. Groups of 20 people could block together because they would no long have to fear being turned away from a favorite house...
...synthesizing these elements, Reid doesn't bother to give his own plot any internal logic. The scenes don't build on one another; they seem to serve only to throw various characters together at random. The play's ending illustrates this lack of coherence and exposes the plot as an eccentric game of mix-and-match...
...commissioner's office will also "conduct systematic inspection of privatebusinesses to make sure they have adhered to thelaw," Chalfen said. The random checks will be madetwice a year, according to city officials...
...anybody gets bored, "work" is always there to divert our attention. There's no purposeful social setting, or hidden "friendly" agenda, and so there's no pressure to build conversations. We free associate through the shift with random spurts of silliness and sarcasm--a relaxed series of laughs and banter whose only structure is our scooping dance between customers...