Word: erraticism
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The new warehouse will have filtered air and temperature and humidity controls. In the past, collections have been damaged because of heat and overcrowding. Silverfish have eaten labels off objects, leaving them with no identification. Leather has desiccated, wood has cracked and animal skins have split because of erratic temperatures...
The surging interest rates were caused in part by the Federal Reserve Board's tight grip on the money supply, a policy designed to bring down inflation. But there is little agreement about other causes. Officials of the Fed blame ballooning budget deficits for kindling more fears about inflation...
Not since Mao Tse-tung's China broke with Moscow in 1960 had the Communist world been rocked by such a bitter and open feud. To Soviet accusations of "slander" and "sacrilege," the Italian Communist Party (P.C.I.) last week responded with charges that the Kremlin was "authoritarian," "erratic" and...
Carey, 62, helped restore New York City and State to financial health. But his personal behavior was sometimes erratic. When a dentist started building a house that would block the view from Carey's summer home on Shelter Island, the Governor wanted the neighboring property seized under the right...
Montana cannot throw the ball that far, only far enough. "They said he was erratic, skittery, not particularly well built, not particularly strong-armed; and he had a side arm delivery." They missed the things Walsh has seen since. "He's a natural football player-really, a natural competitor...