Word: unevennesses
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...first unanswered question is precisely what in Prescott's freshman year, or anyone's freshman year for that matter, is worth reporting to the general public. Like a number of people, Prescott kept a journal while at Harvard. Like most of those journals, Prescott's is spotty and uneven (which means, incidentally, that it does have some good parts). Unlike those other journal keepers, though, Prescott has inflicted his own account of his rites of passage (if freshman year can be so dignified) on an unsuspecting and innocent public...
...rapidly spinning weighted wheel serves as a highly useful reservoir of energy. It has been put to work in a wide variety of ways. As a potter's wheel, it smooths out motion between movements of the foot pedal. On the crankshaft of an auto engine, it prevents uneven rotation that would result from piston strokes. But it is only recently that engineers looking for less polluting means of transportation have begun to give serious thought to tapping the whirling flywheel's energy...
...rest of the country, traffic is up less dramatically-a pattern that seems to reflect the geographically uneven bite of the gasoline shortage. Amtrak cars are still rolling across the Midwest and Far West nearly empty, while station managers in the Northeast have had to rent cars from local commuter railroads to help handle the crush. Amtrak's losses swelled to $158 million last year, $11 million more than in 1972, despite a 24% gain in revenues, to $202 million. Congress is picking up nearly all of the tab through a $154 million subsidy, and Amtrak officials are expected...
...Uneven distribution of the energy bonanza is not Amtrak's only problem. As traffic rises, so do wear and tear on the 1,400 cars of Amtrak's fleet, some of them superannuated hulks in need of replacement. Amtrak executives are still choosing a design for new cars; most will not be in service before 1976. Until then, passengers on many runs face equipment breakdowns and a decline in comfort. Punctuality is also on the wane; the Metroliner's on-time percentage dropped to 63% last year from 76% in 1972, and some trains-including...
There was more curiosity about Farrow than anyone, but after the show, least agreement on her performance. It is an uneven portrayal: "She comes, she goes, but in the end she just fades away." Most of the praise for actors is for Bruce Bern and Sam Waterston, though just about everyone agrees that Howard da Silva's brief appearance as the gambler is the best bit in the picture. There is also agreement that the picture does not grip the emotions. Said one departing guest, "What's that line in the ads, 'Gone is the romance that...