Word: awkwardly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...facetious falsetto with which they retail remarks that appeal to them as effeminate. Honest men stared, read under the headline an article which informed them that "Oh, Dear" was the actual name of the Prince's horse. These men had a curt criticism of the headline writer's awkward and flippant line. "Stupid," they said...
...Marguerite Namara, opera star. Odd corners of the large glazed pages were filled with practical workroom suggestions for young singers, with reviews of concerts and operas, and glib comment on vocal activities by one "Ariel." Yet, despite the fact that the first issue of any magazine is inevitably an awkward one, critics found Singing far less dull than many of the slovenly publications in which ruined musicians try to earn a living by writing about music. Vocal students bought it eagerly. Advertisers were interested...
More of these would be a welcome substitute for awkward drawings by ham artists copied with two line jokes cribbed from the files of "Captain Billy's Whis Bang...
...understood that President Calles was about to set his hand to an alien land and petroleum law which would violate the U.S.-Mexican understanding. It was even rumored that President Calles had already signed these bills. At Washington the situation was considered not only grave but exceedingly awkward...
They fought for ten rounds and no one was knocked out. Delaney, 17 pounds the lighter, hammered and hammered at that classic freckled face. "Young Bob" did nothing effective save dodge, cover and stay conscious. His legs bore him well, and once or twice he looked awkward enough to be a dangerous Fitzsimmons. But the upshot was a decision for Delaney and sportdom's verdict that, though Young Bob's chin is in the paternal tradition, his fists and will...