Word: mismatched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outsailing New Zealand in a pair of yawners off San Diego. Nearly the only exciting development was the fact that Stars & Stripes flew sponsors' logos, a Cup first. One of them, Diet Pepsi, was an apt choice for a low-calorie affair that was an embarrassing mismatch...
...comfortable 21 min. Back on land after the first contest, the Kiwis complained that Conner had not beaten them by a large enough margin. They argued that Conner slowed down to make Stars & Stripes seem more equal to their big boat, thereby defusing Fay's claim of a mismatch. Asked by a reporter if he were "dogging it," Conner snapped, "I'm sailing a cat. Someone else is sailing...
...five stories reveal a highly developed sense of time, place and filial bonds. An apparent mismatch between an English-speaking woman and a French- speaking man in Montreal suggests the dissociations of Quebec life. The Business Venture is set in Mississippi and strikes a similar note through the unlikely partnership of a white woman and a black man in a dry-cleaning service...
Since many regions suffer from a geographical mismatch, in which unemployed < youths in inner cities are unable to reach affluent suburbs where workers are needed, some employers are hauling in their work force in buses and vans. Magic Mountain, an amusement park 45 minutes north of Los Angeles, runs a bus during the summer that carries teenagers to work from the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in East Los Angeles. Allstate Insurance operates 54 van routes to bring 600 employees to its headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook from their homes as far away as southern Wisconsin and northern Indiana...
...crew were on board at the time of the raid, it was not even apparent that the grass had been used by the yacht's owner. Though about 20 boats have been seized since mid-April, this incident led to loud public groaning from civil libertarians, who saw a mismatch between the punishment and the presumed crime. Eventually the Government relented. The yacht was returned after the owner paid $1,600 in fines and fees. But officials were satisfied that they had sent a message: Mere featherweight infractions can draw heavy penalties...