'skewing' a normal random variable

I think the box.cox function in package car can do this.

x <- rnorm(1000)
hist(x)
library(car)
hist(box.cox(x, p=0.5))

Play around with different powers.

Best,
Matthias
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Hi All;
The following question is directed more to statisticians on 
the list. Suppose I have a normal random variable. Is there a 
transformation that I can apply so that the new variable is 
slightly positively skewed. 
I greatly appreciate your help.
Ashraf

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