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Your little brothers and sisters might spend the summer at camp, their innocent pre-Harvard days full of swimming, arts and crafts and awkward summer camp dances...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Fret, Get a Job | 3/3/2000 | See Source »

...course, some students go too far in their quest for a good time, and Carlos finds himself in an awkward position. "They like to make out with their girlfriends," he says. "I'm a guy, and I get a little uncomfortable.... I look over here, and they're already lying down on the seat.... They get to a certain point, and I start to think, that belongs in the bathroom...

Author: By Toc. Berkman, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Life in the Driver's Seat: Confessions of a Cambridge Cabbie | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...Bush had usually been protected by the safety of set speeches and surrogates who could speak for him, he was now flying solo. At Newberry, when a black student asked why Bush wouldn't take a position on the Confederate flag controversy, some white students booed. It was an awkward moment, but Bush didn't panic. He quieted the crowd and insisted that the student had a right to ask his question (although he continued to give his nonanswer). At the same session, a young mother pressed him on the need to teach the Bible in public schools--another invitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bush Found His Voice | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...thing. True to form, when I e-mailed some unsuspecting buddies the night before registration, they responded with sensitivity, support and some really good jokes. After a few days without my wig, I realized that removing it had not changed anyoneis opinion of me. I had expected complications and awkward moments, but the process had been relatively simple...

Author: By Susanna M. Flug, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Lost and Found | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...California as her husband, also roller-bladed, and eagerly gushed abou her love for golf (he, suspiciously enough, developed golf courses in the area). Most conspicuous was his lascivious romantic whispering in her ear right after she was crowned winner and the kiss which wasn't the least bit awkward. Did these two know each other...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Soman's in the [K]NOW | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

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