Word: unevennesses
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This "ignorance and stupidity" amounts to a "crime against the criminals," Wright said. Prejudices lead to uneven sentencing, and invariably hurt minority defendants, he said...
...based on its privileged initiation into the artistic pleasures of a little-known comedy troupe. Thanks to a deluge of Monty Python re-runs on the boob tube, the re-release of their many records at regular prices (as opposed to the exorbitant prices of imported discs), and three uneven movies, the Monty Python material has become an all-too-familiar sound to these ears. To use an old bluesman's phrase, the thrill is really gone...
...makes him a scapegoat. Says Press Secretary Jody Powell: "Most of the things he gets blamed for are someone else's fault." Including, in some cases, Carter's. The President views liaison with Congress on vital issues as his own responsibility-one he has discharged with uneven success. As a result, he has sometimes failed to keep Moore sufficiently informed to be effective. For instance, the U.S.-Soviet statement on the Middle East caught Moore as much by surprise as it did his Hill contacts. Another factor is Carter's unwillingness to appoint a single top aide...
Director Scott Goldsmith has nicely integrated the Winthrop House Junior Common Room into the play's set, a Scandinavian drawing-room at the turn of the century. Unfortunately his production is not as well-integrated into Ibsen's original. Instead, thoughtful direction, strong lead performances and very uneven supporting roles show the audience a masterpiece--and how close a production can come to botching...
...might be predicted, the people who suffer most from the crunch resulting from increased health costs and increased waste are precisely those who are most in need. Because of the various disincentives inherent in the system, there is an uneven geographic distribution of health care benefits: while wealthy areas are favored, rural and inner city areas are neglected. Public funds, including tax subsidies, do more for the well-to-do than for the poor. Since, in our present system, health benefits are linked to employment, the unemployed are often left unprotected. For those who are employed, programs like Medicare...