Word: awkwardly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Senator Alan Cranston, a Democrat from California, reports nearly a 10-to-l ratio against the President in 35,000 letters, including one from a youth counselor in Whittier, Nixon's home town. "I find it a bit awkward to convince a wayward youth to be honest or just while our President sets such a startling example to the contrary," he wrote. A pro-Nixon letter from Newport Beach countered: "From the Viet Nam War through Watergate and calling Brezhnev's bluff, Mr. Nixon's full name should be President Guts Nixon...
...demonstrations came at an awkward moment for Park since they took place just when the U.N. General Assembly was embroiled in a debate on the Korean question. For North Korea's backers among the Communist and Third World countries, the demonstrations were further evidence that Park's government lacked legitimacy. The Soviet-Chinese-backed resolution called for eventual reunification of the two Koreas with a single U.N. membership. A Western counter-resolution calling for dual U.N. membership for both Korean states was fiercely opposed by the North Koreans, who see it as a design to perpetuate the division...
...almost a spoof as a paragon of nobility, rising early to practice his jousting while the other revelers of the night before stagger on stage with crushing hangovers. Dionyza's jealousy becomes a real facet of personality in the slinky character onstage, while in the original it is an awkward device to advance the plot. Sections of the new play are quite comic, but the heroes are never ludicrous. This is a difficult task for any company to accomplish, and the success of the Leob Ex production indicates the calibre of the actors...
...honor guard. He trudged down the line too quickly, hardly looking at it, much less inspecting it. When the commander of the guard finally caught up with him, Kissinger thrust out his hand, only to discover that the Moroccan commander had a sword in his right hand. After an awkward shift of the sword, they finally clasped hands. Said one onlooker who was traveling with Kissinger: "Certainly the first chapter of this trip must be titled 'Henry amongst the Berbers...
Cultural Gap. The few Arab scholars who are here often find their role awkward or ambiguous, and a comparison with the situation of blacks in major U.S. universities ten years ago is not outlandish. Northwestern Political Scientist Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, a Palestinian, dismisses many Arab professors here as "Uncle Ahmeds" who are treated as mere "native informants" rather than experts...