Word: unevennesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some of it very good, for those willing to wade through all the extraneous hype. Chick Corea (and RTF is Corea's band) always plays well; the success or failure of his records usually depends on the musicians he chooses and the selections he plays. The results here are uneven. Versions of flashy but vapid tunes from Musicmagic (1977) comprise the first two discs. The band is tight, but the intricate mini-fugues and pompous fanfares that highlight the horns still sound gratuitous. The vocal sections are disappointing; Chick's voice lines are difficult, and Gayle Moran has the training...
...call California Suite uneven doesn't really begin to describe the movie's split personality. This latest Neil Simon-Herbert Ross collaboration is by turns silly and thoughtful, tedious and charming, broad and delicate. It contains some of Simon's best writing as well as his worst: childish jokes about vomiting coexist with wise statements about the art of marriage. So mixed are the returns on California Suite that, if it were an election, one would insist on a recount...
...three special events in the Carter presidency were the Camp David summit meeting on the Middle East, last month's action to bolster the dollar and dampen inflation, and the normalization of relations with China. The public reaction to Carter's decisions is still uneven, but it is commonly believed around the capital that his decisiveness and the smooth execution of his plans have shored up his leadership, and that his new strength will soon be reflected in more public respect for the President...
...dead. Four remain: Marc Chagall, 91; Joan Mird, 85; Sonia Delaunay, 93; and Salvador Dali, 74. None have produced much work of consequence in recent years; posterity will not have time for late Chagall or post-1939 Dali. Nevertheless, De Chirico's career was so uneven as to have been unique. His impact on art would probably have been the same if he had died in 1920 instead of 1978. He was the epitome of the artist as burnt-out case...
...avoid some of the problems encountered by the NHS. It needs only sufficient political will for these measures to be introduced. Kennedy is confident that this is bound to come; if not in the next session of Congress, then in the next one. In the meantime, high costs and uneven services will continue. And the old man in the drugstore might not get his new glasses...