Word: unevennesses
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...pull herself together and perform consistently under pressure," he says. "You can see on her face that she'll do it, no matter what." Not even pain stops her. At the 1991 nationals, the stress fracture in Zmeskal's wrist ached so badly that she couldn't grab the uneven bars. Come competition time, though, she nailed every routine...
Polls show that drugs, more than terrorism or the economy, are Spain's most incendiary political issue. The country has become a principal gateway for South American cocaine, Middle Eastern heroin and North African hashish. Although the government has stepped up enforcement, its combat against the drug trade is uneven. Colombian Justice Minister Fernando Carrillo Florez recently charged that "the battle against the Medellin cartel is being lost because of Spanish bureaucratic hassles" in delivering evidence against dealers...
Sadly, Cuban cigars fell victim over the years to socialist mismanagement. The island's wrapping handicraft declined, and its tobacco fields produced inferior leaf because they were no longer properly fertilized or allowed sufficient time to lay fallow. So uneven is the yield that two years ago, Switzerland's Davidoff company, which profited handsomely for decades from Fidel Castro's crop, pulled up its Cuban stakes...
...novice: if it draws too easily, it was "underfilled," and the air pockets will cause a fast burn and a hot smoke. If possible, check the cigarmaker's "leaf inventory." If the company isn't stocking enough tobacco to skip a bad harvest, its smokes will be uneven over time...
...surface, the results of the 1991 status report included in the Plan seem positive: The percentages of minority and women faculty increased in every area but one. But a look at University targets for the year indicate an uneven track record in meeting hiring goals for these groups...