Word: unevenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lobs Whitbeck was by far the superior, since he was able to land most of his high shots just inside the back-tape with unerring regularity. The larger total of unexpected returns and swift placements, however, went to Watson. The latter at all times proved somewhat the more uneven of the two, although this slight discrepancy could doubtless be attributed to the unusual steadiness which was the outstanding characteristic of Whitbeck's game...
After a decidedly uneven showing in the English Amateur Championship, the American Golf Team won the Walker Cup from the English at St. Andrews. The trophy carries with it the world's championship in international team play...
...present number to discover something concerning Mr. J. N. Leonard, the author of "Derga Fer Rogan". This fantasy, a felicitous combination of wit, satire, and poetic imagination, all compounded with gusto, is one of the best pieces of work I have read in some time. It is, of course, uneven; there are occasional lapses into--well, no, not cheapness, but cleverness. On the whole, however, it is brilliant without being flashy...
Smart's Verse Best in Uneven Group...
...poetry in this issue is uneven. Mr. Kenneth Dole's "A Farmer Boy Dreams of Wandering", though pleasantly ringing with sonorous names, fails of any effect but that of looseness. His changing metres do not modulate into one another; they clash roughly, giving the impression that the author has written down at random, without revising, Mr. Smart's "Lines before a Fairy Tale", is wholly delightful; a small bit of decoration provocatively brief. Mr. John Abbott's "Marginal" is also a good picture, but, unfortunately, must join that great body of poems with weary last lines. His "Sonnet for Cynthia...