Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...began by describing the Creep as "a person who is falling to become a mature adult by deviating in the direction of 'weirdness' and weakness.'" The Creep is shy, unstylish, and awkward. He does not aspire to the sophistication and assertiveness of the "adulthood ideal...
Occasionally, and only occasionally, Mr. Brown does seem to come inadvertently close to some of the real sufferings of college students. An ex-girl friend of Wilson's writes him an awkward, semi-literate letter which in a very Holden Caulfieldish way does articulate a few of the longings of a coed, and some of the pathos. All too often, however, Mr. Brown's cries of pain come from the same gland that secretes cheap emotionalism, and all too often, again, these cries seemed aimed at someone not in the general audience...
...reported that during the past five years it has failed to make any profit on forgings. And considering that the steel companies were widely charged with inept timing in their abortive attempt to raise prices, it seemed ironical, too, that the timing of the grand-jury indictment was so awkward, reinforcing already deep suspicions and thumping an already bruised stock market...
...program claims that the HRO was assisted by the Cambridge Ballet Theater. That is untrue. The opening "Air" and two "Gavottes" from Bach's Third Suite in D. Major had the misfortune to introduce dancers encumbered with awkward and ludicrous choreography. A troupe of rheumatic frogs would have been more graceful, although it must be added that soloist Richard Hendrik improved when the tempo picked up in the Gavottes, where Senturia got the orchestra to produce bouncy dynamic contrasts...
This, according to the dominant theory of education lumped under the name of John Dewey, is a desirable development of their "social skills." By cutting short the pigtail pulling and stuck-out-tongue phase that kids usually go through, parents feel that they are helping their youngsters bypass the awkward age. Learning early how to handle themselves socially and dress smartly, the children become well-adjusted and popular...