Word: unevennesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kind of journalism review has sprung up in nearly a dozen U.S. cities. Unlike the well-documented, professorial C.J.R., the newcomers are blunt, angry and gossipy in their exposure of faults, real or imagined. Most are financially fragile, physically unprepossessing and dependent on volunteered talent. Execution has been uneven, but editors are beginning to wince as they read...
...Sullivan buildings," with the exception of the Carson Pirie store, were the work of the partnership of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. It was Adler who designed the floating caisson foundations that supported one wall of the Stock Exchange, thereby ending the problem of uneven settlement of buildings. Many of the firm's building designs were due to Adler's engineering expertise. Although I speak with a certain prejudice as Adler's granddaughter, architectural historians agree that much credit given to Sullivan alone belongs to his partner as well. JOAN W. SALTZSTEIN Milwaukee...
...Uneven Quality. He is not alone. There are a great many things that both doctors and laymen dislike about E.R. practice in the U.S. Patients are understandably upset by the often uncaring attitudes of hospital personnel and the uneven quality of treatment. Doctors increasingly share that concern and add that emergency rooms are themselves facing an emergency situation. The principal reasons...
...Uneven Product. Over at Chicago Today, executives are trying to smile through the red ink. Editor-Publisher Lloyd Wendt, 63, who directed Today's transformation into a tabloid in 1969, is convinced that sluggish ad revenues will strengthen rapidly now that his paper has taken the afternoon circulation lead. Chicagoans' ears are numb from repetitive radio spots that trumpet: "Chicago Today! Writing worth reading ... and repeating...
...household chores. "The evening reader doesn't have all night," he says. "We're attempting to get the maximum amount of information into the minimum amount of space, while providing enough facts to satisfy an intelligent reader." The formula has pulled readers, but the product is uneven. On any given day Today can have the top coverage in town, but on a day-to-day basis it is undependable...