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Nothing would more damn a book about boredom than if it were boring. Patricia Meyer Spacks's Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind largely avoids that awkward possibility: as literary studies go, in fact, it's a real walk in the park...
Derfner's story serves as testimony that roommates can overcome even the most awkward of moments, the most bitter of disputes, the most moist of teabags. So don't worry. For those rooming groups that fail to bond over Aaron Spelling Productions, there is always the hope of a senior year reconciliation over George Lucas films...
Barbra looked threatened; she guarded her face with her coat lapels, not knowing what to make of these weirdos sniffing tentatively at her. It was all very awkward, so on her approach to University Hall, I caught her eye and greeted her: "Hello, Ms. Streisand...
...conversation grinds to a brief, awkward halt, then takes a turn into the wilderness-into the thicket of this young couple's most intimate concerns and darkest fears. Patti tells Laura, a 29-year-old department store salesclerk, that in her opinion it is O.K. to take birth-control pills on the advice of her doctor to help with pms. Then John, coordinator of family ministry at St. Augustine, says, "Is either one of you jealous...
...choosing to not use the stage proper, director Naeemah A. White brings her show closer to the audience, at the expense of some necessarily awkward staging and the distraction of the Agassiz Theatre's elaborate architecture. A better solution might have been to seat the audience onstage with the actors, as more intimate Agassiz shows have done in the past...