Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That's probably a slight to the collegians to whom the style of awkward earnestness came naturally. They, at least, in their nominating speeches, didn't indulge in the verbal absurdities of the candidates...
...Massachusetts Democrats were courting youth and the Kennedy Style at the convention, but they misread both. Youth (if one can talk about "Youth" at all) is earnest and idealistic by choice, but it is inarticulate through inexperience. And President Kennedy, if awkward in speaking style, was hardly ever awkward in phrasing or thought. At his most lucid moments he made articulate questions and tentative answers out of vague popular feelings...
Although the Massachusetts Sales Tax has been in operation for nearly one month, state authorities have still failed to discover an adequate method of exempting required textbooks from the tax. The existing system of mimeographed forms signed by students and counter-signed by instructors is absurdly awkward. The forms insure that only "required" textbooks are exempted from the tax. The cost of processing those mounds of paper will surely exceed the revenues which the state would lose without this control. And one can only shudder at the thought of the confusion which will take place at every cash-register...
...victory ceremony, there was an awkward moment: tradition calls for the defending champion to help the new champion into the winner's green blazer. "Fellows," said Nicklaus, "I'll put my own coat...
...Bruin win came in the fifth singles when Brown sophomore Johnny Moglescu beat Dick Appleby, 6-2, 2-6, 8-6. Appleby dominated play from the start with a sharp net game and a booming forehand -- which he usually hit with both feet off the ground. But Moglescu, an awkward looking lefty, hung on and extracted more and more errors from the erratic Appleby as the match progressed...