Word: awkward
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...race of the punished and the race of the punishers. Black students are twice as likely to end up in the dungeon as white students; in fact, black students are twice as likely to end up disciplined throughout the entire Cincinnati public school system. It is a particularly awkward statistic for a school district mired in a 20-year-old desegregation suit. So awkward, in fact, that the board of education has agreed to an explosive remedy: if a judge concurs, the Cincinnati public schools (CPS) will soon start tracking the race of the teacher as well as the student...
...longer matters, and in a situation where he no longer has the money to make it true, is over the top to the extent that it becomes a caricature. The rapid flip-flopping of his moods between domestic violence and honorable gentility while dramatic, is affected and awkward...
...means should you tell this person to his face. Perhaps you could take a picture with a good lens and then poster the Yard. This is a far less confrontational way to gently inform him, and it avoid what would be several very awkward moments...
...Delta," a Course Assistant, found himself in an awkward position. Although there were several men and women in the section he was leading whom he would have liked to be friend, to do so would have been a breach of University policy. Now, after the class has ended, he feels that it is almost impossible to change the relation he established with his students. "Once you establish yourself, once you have said 'I'm your CA and we are not going to be friends, we can be friendlybut we can't be friends,' it seems impossible to change that...
...guest on Conan O'Brien's show. Dave's gracious praise for his successor on Late Night -- "You've really done a great job to carve out a wonderful identity for yourselves" -- was like the Pope's benediction. O'Brien needs it; after six months, he is as awkward and clueless in front of the camera as the day his show was born...