Word: unevennesses
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...cuts became inevitable because of the company's uneven performance. AT& T's long-distance service has remained lucrative (an estimated $1.8 billion in profits this year), as have equipment sales to phone companies (1986 earnings: $375 million), but many new lines of business are lagging. AT&T lost between $700 million and $1 billion this year on sales of computers and large computerized phone systems. The firm's 7300 series personal computers and its Unix computer operating system, which were introduced in 1985 just as the industry-wide computer slump was deepening, are still selling slowly. In addition...
After two goals in 19 seconds, the scoring stopped for more than 12 minutes as the teams engaged in a fast, clean, but uneven exchange of play. Finally, MacDonald put home a rebound, with assists going to defensemen Josh Caplan and Don Sweeney...
...mathematical models of particle physicists. Right after the big bang, the mathematics suggests, the rapidly cooling cosmos underwent a phase transition, roughly analogous to the sharp change that occurs when water turns into ice. And just as an ice cube is marred by cracks and lines left over from uneven freezing, the universe too might have developed flaws -- in the form of strings. These strings would try to straighten and contract, often whipping about and getting tangled in the process. When a string crossed itself, the resulting loop would pinch off from the main string and go vibrating away...
...hope that maybe we could manage without a strike. I think he was afraid and really wanted to avoid a repetition. When we stopped talking he soon fell asleep. I lay with my hand on his chest, feeling his heart beat. First there would be several normal beats, then uneven beats, then two or three, followed by such a long pause that I thought . . . God knows, I thought everything. Those extra beats had never worried me until they had done all those things to him in Gorky. The first time I felt them I had thought -- big deal...
...spent 18 months working with J.P. Stevens, the textile giant, to develop the initial collection of some 2,500 sizes, shapes and styles of products, ranging from stemware to blankets. When the huge assortment made its debut, it suffered immediate problems from late arrivals at retail outlets and uneven quality control. "A disaster! Disaster!" his partner Strom recalls. Lauren and Strom weeded out troublesome items, including glassware and dishes, and now expect the home-furnishings business to grow by 75% this year, to $50 million...