Word: unevennesses
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...safety or environmental protection - have some chance of being implemented, rather than simply receiving lip service. The issue is extremely urgent, Huang and other analysts say. China's leaders face a daunting series of challenges including rising inflationary pressure, swelling bubbles in the stock and property markets and highly uneven development that has seen incomes in urban and coastal areas triple or quadruple those in the rural hinterland. Not only must Hu attempt to engineer a soft landing for China's steaming economy and markets, he must also ensure that the myriad problems facing the hundreds of millions of Chinese...
...dedicated specifically to the issue of the size of the paintings in relation to the likelihood of their authenticity. Designated “Jackson experimental” on the wrapper in which they were found, and not attributed to any artist on their museum labels, the paintings are uneven in quality and texture, but some of the disputed paintings manage to be little marvels in miniature, works that are engaging completely independent of their origin.“Pollock Matters” is exactly what a show at a college museum should be. Its investigative nature and interdisciplinary approach beautifully...
...soybean's ascendancy is one of many pieces of a global puzzle that author Raj Patel aims to fit together in his new book Stuffed and Starved - a sweeping look at the development of the international food chain that delivers calories from nation to nation with an alarmingly uneven hand. As its title promises, the book tackles one of the chief dysfunctions of our unique era in alimentary history: that 800 million people are getting too little to eat and are malnourished, while over 1 billion are getting so much they've become overweight or obese...
...added that the geographical distribution of Iraq’s distinct ethnic and religious populations, as well as the uneven distribution of oil and water resources, impede any plan to divide Iraq...
...implementation of this policy was likewise uneven. For example, while Cabot House administrator Susan Livingston e-mailed Cabot House residents on September 6th to inform them that they would no longer be receiving pillows from the College, in neighboring Pforzheimer House, some rooms received pillows while others did not. While there is good reason for some of the unevenness—a few house masters, such as those of Adams House, requested the pillows remain (and students in other houses can still receive pillows upon request), and the red phones remain in the Quad houses because of their spotty cell...