Word: unevennesses
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Tucked inside the rows of uneven graves at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, it is easy to believe that the unofficial war in Northern Ireland between Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries continues. Two boys visit a lump of plastic flowers that passes as a fresh grave, the caretaker sweeps a traveled path past still shining headstones marked "IRA Volunteer" and the police surveillance camera hovers atop a thin gray tower across the Falls Road, watching shadowy forms dart among the monuments...
Buffett often claims to be uninterested in money, but he has been uneven about sharing it. He gives freely to environmental causes and has a foundation that donates $1 from every concert ticket to grants for nonprofit agencies in the cities where he plays. At the same time, his band, though well paid, has long griped about having no pension plan. Buffett is now creating one for his veteran sidemen...
...although the University stands 87 percent of the way toward finishing and was $180 million ahead of schedule as of April 30, it only raised about 7 percent of the total in the last year, and the campaign's success is uneven: certain schools and programs have done phenomenally well, while others lag far behind...
Consequently, other institutions hope that byconcentrating their resources on a particular areaof department, they can attract top scholars witha more blatantly uneven--and generous--system...
...right direction. "We're very aware of how treacherous the music industry is, particularly nowadays," says Manson. "The industry doesn't want to encourage fan loyalty over the long term, they just want a quick hit." That isn't always the rule, of course: the Dave Matthews Band's uneven new CD, Before These Crowded Streets, just debuted atop the Billboard charts, helped by a loyal fan following established through constant, Grateful Dead-like touring. It would be fascinating to see Garbage also buck the trend toward planned pop obsolescence and develop some of their intriguing, still coalescing, musical ideas...