Word: erraticism
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This crazy-quilt winter weather was the result of erratic changes in the usual pattern of westerly winds-especially the high-altitude jet stream-that whip across the U.S. Part of a broader global feature known as the circumpolar vortex, the winds in winter usually follow a sharply undulating path...
As Senator Ted Kennedy politicked through New England, he was often afflicted by a problem that was never mentioned in any campaign speeches and rarely elsewhere: severe pain in his lower back. Kennedy crushed three vertebrae in the crash of a small plane in 1964. Since his recovery, he has...
The determining factor of the match was Harvard's erratic shooting. The hoopsters stayed dead-even with Princeton on total rebounds, turnovers, and assists. But they could not find the basket as they shot an unimpressive 22 per cent from the floor, slumping to only 15 per cent for the...
Calling Carter's dealings with the Soviets "erratic and often incoherent," Bush termed the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the capture of the Iranian embassy "the bitter fruits" of Carter's policies.
Not that Carter ever escapes press criticism. He has permanent antagonists among such deep-think columnists as Joseph Kraft and George F. Will (who believes Carter "may be the most dangerous President since James Buchanan"). To them, whatever Carter does in foreign policy is apt to be wrong, or if...