Word: randomization
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That's just what he was doing one day in 1976, driving along a highway with his family during a month-long summer vacation. Random thoughts flitted across his mind--a $100,000 note he had co-signed for a relative, now unexpectedly due; the news from Britain about the pound, which had risen to around $2; yes, and the Kremer Prize. Why, he mused, had no one been able to claim the [pound]50,000 offered by British industrialist Henry Kremer for the first man-powered flight around a mile-long, figure-eight course? "Then a light bulb went...
...loudspeaker announces that those with yellow tickets are next in queue. Then the orange are up--the herds to my right baa in delight. Some are prematurely excited because they think they have orange, but they actually have a painfully deceptive salmon-peach. A random voice on the loudspeaker calls for the lavender tickets, but hesitates and admits a mistake. Someone holding a lavender ticket probably has a mild heart attack and doesn't realize...
...third question of seriousness elicits the most debate. You could still steal a spoon from the dining hall, but if caught, you would be reprimanded. However, if you were to steal a laptop from the library, you could potentially be expelled. At UVA, students serve as lawyers and random students are selected to form a jury. An independent investigative panel serves as a check on the evidence gathering process and on the validity of the decisions made by the case investigators...
When I think back to my first year, I was bombarded with all sorts of advice and information from my upperclass friends and random brochures alike. They told me to "seek out those professors" and they sung of the glories of "Harvard's resources." The only office hours I remember using, however, were those of my Chem 10 TF, for help with problem sets. My attempts to meet with my professors went as far as highlighting their contact information on my syllabi...
...target, whether in uniform or in civilian clothes," says Castano. "When this is over, let them judge me before an international tribunal--but I want the guerrilla leaders and the Colombian army there beside me in the dock." He insists that his forces never enter a village shooting at random. They are usually led by a defector or captive who singles out the collaborators. "Do innocent people get killed in this war? Yes, they do, but they're a minority," claims Castano...