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...voice uncannily similar to that of a certain large Governor of a small state commandeered the internal p.a. system just seconds after the Clinton plane landed. "We will be taking off again for three more stops," the voice announced with an assumption of authority. "It'll be a little awkward, since we are going to the A's we missed. We are going to Alabama, then we're going to go to Arizona, and then we're going to make one quick stop in Nome before coming home to finally give you a rest...
...easy to see why. His humor is torture, and his style is as fussy and clumsy as an awkward hostess. But beneath the musty packaging is a moral universe we still inhabit. Though the Mohicans have vanished with the first- growth forests, Cooper's coordinates are still familiar...
Smith's failures put Stempel in an awkward position when the latter took over GM at the start of the '90s. As Smith's handpicked heir apparent, Stempel had loyally seconded the chairman's plans. "Stempel always voted with Roger on everything," says a GM insider, "even though he used to tell me he knew things were wrong and disagreed." So even as Stempel went along with GM's wild ride through the Smith era, he learned the hazards of sweeping change...
...outrage has faded somewhat. I studied for 20 hours straight and took the exam. I may even have done well. Ten days later, it's just one more story to tell about the Registrar's Office. It has, however, made me consider earlier than I normally do the awkward, Byzantine way that Harvard examinations are held...
...Both Nancy and I are quite anxious to move onand develop other parts of our life after six andone-half years," said Jeffrey Williamson, who isBell professor of economics. "It's awkward for usto stay on--I hope they get someone in to do agood...