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...present arrangement is awkward, and wastes a lot of time and probably a lot of money," said Aida K. Press '48, director of public information at Radcliffe until her retirement...
...French principles of liberte, egalite, fraternite and yearned to see them in practice in France. In 1911 he sailed for Marseilles as a galley boy aboard a passenger liner. His record of dissent had already earned him a file in the French police dossiers. It was scarcely flattering: "Appearance awkward...mouth half-open...
Like a teenager after a growth spurt, Nike is a multibillion-dollar monster finding its size awkward. Knight's challenge is to re-create the essence of the outfit he first operated out of the trunk of his car with his college track coach and a bunch of running geeks who would do anything to avoid a real job. But this won't be a jog in the park. Last week the company announced a restructuring that landed heavily on its sports center-cum-headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., where about 250 employees were laid off. "When you grow quickly," says...
However, as the album hits the mid-way point, the immaturity of Rebekah's craft quickly starts to show. "Keep It a Secret," with its plea from a hanger-on girlfriend to her ex-boyfriend, jars the senses with its awkward lyrics, stiff music and pitiable subject material. Unfortunately, "Keep it a Secret" is only the seventh track on the album. The rest of the album continues with a series of embarrassing failures. It becomes obvious that Rebekah has either not been at her craft for a very long time or has not yet pursued it with enough vigor...
...constructed story in which the themes of unrequited love, sexual identity, the ups and downs of the film industry and psychotherapy are intricately woven in a pattern that never fully reveals itself and leaves the reader curious to the very end. Despite occasionally questionable choices in symbolism and the awkward development of one leading character, The House of Sleep--ironically enough--makes for a compelling nighttime read...