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...share a stage with Clinton, finds himself in a dead heat for an office he should take in a walk. The couples were together for the first time since the Democratic Convention, attending the funeral of Governor Mel Carnahan. There were the obligatory air kisses and handshakes, followed by awkward efforts to get away from one another as fast as possible...
...leader, indicating that Arafat is far too moderate for the ends Hamas has in mind. The group's radical agenda has put it on a collision course with the moustarabine units. A Hamas operative explained last week that his men try to be extra vigilant for unfamiliar faces and awkward accents. If they spot someone suspicious, they begin pestering the stranger with questions about his home village. Moustarabine agents had better be sure they can name at least three neighbors or their cover will be blown...
...Silhouettes" featured two women, once again using a mixture of awkward and graceful movements. Morris has been described as "undeviating in his devotion to music," which explains his ability to perfectly visualize music as a movement of the human body. The finale, "Dancing Honeymoon," presented a medley of Gertrude Lawrence songs from the 1930's and was a world away from the other pieces. The bright yellow costumes, the folding chairs as props and the cheer of the songs added up to a rollicking good time. And just when I thought things couldn't get any better, they started...
...half of the cast masters more handily. Guest's reading of Hodge is troublesome: His Hodge is too boyish, too adolescent. This approach to the character succeeds during Hodge's exchanges with his young pupil, with whom he gradually falls in love. It is touching to see Hodge become awkward and fumble for words as he is increasingly undone by his teenage student. But Guest seems to neglect that the amorous Hodge has also seduced most of the adult women at Sidley Park, and he shows only glimpses of the grown-up suaveness that he should have in order...
Four freshmen saw rare action in the fourth quarter. One of them, David Stahl, found the scoring column when he unleashed an awkward-looking attempt from ten meters out. Somehow, the shot went in, sending the Harvard bench into hysterics...