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When they’re all together, Kabala, Kimball and their roommates say they try to avoid getting into heated discussions, though awkward moments intrude. At one point, guest Helen Dimos ’03-’04 remarks that, throughout the course of their discussion with FM, the roommates have been “provoking animosity” towards each other, particularly in picking on Kabala...
...attempts of all of these rooming groups to leave politics at the door, ideology still manages to enter into the equation, often leading to hours of debate. For Adelman and Jobbins, this means loud and obnoxious dining hall conversations that make those around them “mad awkward...
...Given how things turned out, I guess maybe this was a misreading, but my sense was that they were both terrible, terrible players. I was clearly the best of us three. So I volunteered to be on Summers’ team because we figured that it would be really awkward for Summers’ teammate to crap it up. Unfortunately, we were all too right about that...
...stretch for Poniewozik to contrast Mister Rogers' straightforwardness with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge's awkward attempts to be reassuring. But Ridge could learn a few lessons from Rogers. Maybe we could get Ridge to wear a cardigan sweater in the security-alert color of the day. JIM HOFFMANN Swansea...
LeNeveu had an awkward walk to the hotel elevator after the banquet, as he had to carry two more plaques with him: the Dryden Award as the league’s top goaltender, and first-team All-ECAC honors...