Word: unevennesses
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Status quo proponents argue that uneven and often mediocre state regulation is no worse than consistently mediocre federal regulation would be, and that the current furor in Congress has snapped state regulators to attention. But where it's really frightening, and where any crisis, if we get one, is likely to erupt, is in reinsurance, an almost entirely unregulated field of undisclosed relationships crisscrossing national boundaries...
...depth of sound which Pressler easily commanded. While they blended extremely well with each other, they sounded scratchy when playing with the piano. The violin seemed thin and whiny in the high register and could have benefitted from a looser vibrato. The final cadence of the first movement was uneven but effective...
...play that way. It may even be likely. But not just yet. The uneven distribution of wealth-producing resources -- the gap between haves and have- nots -- is fueling a regional crisis, a struggle with severe implications for the entire world's standard of living. And only the U.S., most everyone acknowledges, has the capacity to muster the international effort required to stop the power-grab of a vain, amoral crusader like Saddam Hussein. It appears that George Bush has the will and skill...
...somewhat uneven storyline is consistently engaging and occasionally gripping. The story revolves around five medical students at "University Hospital School of Medicine" who, by the miracles of modern technology, can stop all brain and heart activity--thus achieving "flatlines" on the EKG machine--to explore what exists after death. Their death experiences are at first aesthetically and emotionally beautiful, but grow exceedingly unpleasant with time. And when the "flatliners" come back to life--again thanks to the miracles of modern technology--they bring their otherworld haunts with them...
Similarly, Lee's use of metaphor, so effective in School Daze and Do the Right Thing, is very uneven. On one level, Lee rises to his previous standard in his attempts to discuss the exploitation of Black jazz musician by white businessmen. Both the characters of Indigo and Gilliam's mother are endorsements of the role of the Black women in American history. It has been universally acknowledged that the Black woman has played a stronger role in supporting Afro-American society than the Black male has. And Lee's pro-family theme is particularly relevant to Black society...