Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...July 1945, Betancourt attended a conspiratorial meeting with a group of army officers. "The loudest voice in the military group," Betancourt wrote later, "was that of the then Major Marcos Pérez Jiménez," a short, awkward man with "thick tortoise-shell glasses and a stutter." Despite widespread belief that Medina was on the road to democracy already, Betancourt conspired with Perez Jiménez, the future dictator, to overturn President Medina. By the terms of their compact, Betancourt, head of what was by then a strong, left-oriented political party, became Provisional President...
...University of Cincinnati, Twyman was still awkward enough as a freshman to be nicknamed "Footsie." But he practiced his soft shots so diligently that in his senior year he averaged 24.6 points a game. Turning pro in 1955, Twyman doggedly worked on his touch long hours after his teammates had quit, showed steady improvement every year, last season trailed only St. Louis' great Bob Pettit in total points (2,105 v. 1,857). One of the most respected men in basketball, the industrious Twyman is the Royals' player-representative in dealings with the owners and the N.B.A. When...