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Word: awkwardly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Deadly Dull Poet Flags | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: In the Kingdom of Letterman | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...Awkward silence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jesting, Jesting, One, Two, Three | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

...carrying out recommendations designed to prevent discrimination has been left largely to Dowling--an awkward position for someone who has himself been accused of discriminatory acts...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: In Security Unit, Silence is Deafening | 3/5/1994 | See Source »

...innocent students, Harvard should use its clout to pressure Congress and President Clinton to change the military's policy. This argument ignores the problem that any lobbying Harvard might do is greatly weakened if its money is not where its mouth is. University administrators would be put in the awkward position of saying, "Discrimination against homosexuals is bad. But thanks for the check, anyway...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Yielding to Bigotry | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

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