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  2. Sortition - Wikipedia

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    In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e. by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample. [1] [2] [3] [4]In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy.

  3. Fisher–Yates shuffle - Wikipedia

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    The problem here is that the low-order bits of a linear congruential PRNG with modulo 2 e are less random than the high-order ones: [6] the low n bits of the generator themselves have a period of at most 2 n. When the divisor is a power of two, taking the remainder essentially means throwing away the high-order bits, such that one ends up with ...

  4. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Blanagram: rearranging the letters of a word or phrase and substituting one single letter to produce a new word or phrase; Letter bank: using the letters from a certain word or phrase as many times as wanted to produce a new word or phrase; Jumble: a kind of word game in which the solution of a puzzle is its anagram

  5. Anagram - Wikipedia

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    An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. [1] For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram"; which is an Easter egg suggestion in Google after searching for the word "anagram".

  6. Approvable letter - Wikipedia

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    The letters were intended to let manufacturers know how much work is needed on their applications. [1] Non-approval letters were rejections of a drug's application. [ 2 ] Approvable and non-approvable letters were covered under Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations , section 314.110.

  7. Ghost (game) - Wikipedia

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    Ghost (also known as ghosts [1] or pig [2]) is a written or spoken word game in which players take turns to extend the letters of a word without completing a valid word.. Ghost can be played by two or more players and requires no equipment, although it can be played with pencil and paper instead of being spoken aloud.

  8. Jury selection - Wikipedia

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    The prospective jurors are randomly selected to sit in the jury box. At this stage, they will be questioned in court by the judge and/or attorneys in the United States. Depending on the jurisdiction, attorneys may have an opportunity to mount a challenge for cause argument or use one of a limited number of peremptory challenges.

  9. Round-robin (document) - Wikipedia

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    Jessé de Forest's Round Robin from 1621. The term dates from the 17th-century French Rond ruban (round ribbon).This described the practice of signatories to petitions against authority (usually Government officials petitioning the Crown) appending their names on a document in a non-hierarchical circle or ribbon pattern (and so disguising the order in which they have signed) so that none may ...