He would ask one student to use a random-number generator to produce a list of random numbers, all between 1 and 10.

FORBES: Big Data, Small Bets

When Chris failed to return her calls years ago as a college freshman, she punched in a random number from his cellphone call list, reaching a girl in his dorm who woke him up and ordered him to call his mom, Ms. Berardi says.

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So Random House must have been heartened that Mr Frazier's new book entered the New York Times bestseller list at number two.

ECONOMIST: New fiction