Word: awkward
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...MEET CHELSEA CLINTON. She's cute--in that awkward 12-year-old way. But the emphasis is on awkward. Her dresses don't fit her quite right. She inherited her father's hair. She looks uncomfortable in the limelight...
...Condom World, there's no mistaking what patrons are after. Cohen, 31, says he has always felt awkward about buying condoms at a place like CVS--"And I'm not ashy person," he adds...
...adolescence as the world watched. At times she burst into tears at photographers' endless prying. They were, of course, quick to pick up that the couple were appearing together less and less. One reason was obvious: the ever more glamorous princess always stole the show from her awkward prince...
WIRTH: Our system was set up as a reflection of the Founders' deep suspicion of central government. But there have been leaders in modern times and in the past who have been able to mobilize this awkward and very difficult system. Much as I disagreed with Ronald Reagan, he was, in the first three or four years of his term, able to move things. He believed in something and he got it done. A President can set an agenda, can be a rudder. Without such a rudder, each of us in Congress maneuvers for narrow personal or partisan advantage. There...
...bulk of the pressurized suits makes physical activity extremely awkward and quickly exhausting. Astronauts have found that their hands chafe sorely, particularly the fingertips, which can be rubbed so raw that the deltas, whorls and ridges of their fingerprints disappear. But the Endeavour crew accomplished its spectacular mission and, just for the record, completed a fourth jaunt in space before preparing for their scheduled return home...