Word: awkward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This note of sweet reason, however came at an awkward time. In a series of closed sessions before this week's C.I.O. convention at Atlantic City, C.I.O. bigwigs had failed to reach a behind-the-scenes settlement of the rivalry between the two leading candidates to succeed the late Phil Murray as C.I.O. president: the United Auto Workers' Walter Reuther and C.I.O. Vice President Allan Haywood. Barring a last minute agreement, the C.I.O. seemed in danger of having to choose its president in an open and probably bitter fight on the floor of the convention. Not until...
...most experimental selection, by Peter Sourian, is the most disappointing. An awkward, stilted, and needlessly repetitious monologue, Class and Dramatic Too is not only boring but anti-climactic. Although Sourian is willing to sacrifice readability for one simple effect--the loneliness of the speaker--the result is a yawn...
...Stone-Age man hunted them for food and decorated his caves with their pictures. The last true wild horses were found in the 1880s by the Russian explorer Przewalski. But the shaggy animals which Przewalski brought back from Dzungaria were heavy-boned, with long and awkward heads. They may well have been the ancestors of today's cart horses. There are some Przewalski horses still living in the Hellabrunn Zoo, and Dr. Heck began his experiments in backward breeding with them...
...passer, and too fat for his teammates. Several times, fine scoring plays were wasted because his accurate passes caught teammates as unprepared as Rhode Island. Sophomore Dick Manning, who played a third of the game at center, showed he may help his better-shooting, less aggressive teammates considerably. Still awkward, though vastly improved, the six foot four Manning gathered 15 rebounds--four more than anyone else--and blocked two shots by taller...
Olivier: "The fact . . . is that you said 'There appeared a cowardly braggart, etc.,' and I am afraid those first two words make things awkward for you. You didn't say 'in spirit' or anything like that. You said 'there appeared.' Of course, you were thinking of the film (Olivier's Henry V), and I can hardly blame you for that, can I? Otherwise, believe me, this would hurt me as much as it does...