Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem is well on the way to solution: new caulking materials make it possible to seal chronically leaky seams. Another disadvantage is the free movement of air in the usually non-partitioned domes, which makes them noisy to live in-but easy to heat and cool. Ordinary furniture looks awkward in domes: built for rectangular homes, familiar chairs and tables do not fit against curving walls (dome dwellers have already designed furniture that will). Bathrooms pose another problem. "You use the same kind of plumbing," says Kahn, "but it's difficult to get a shape that works with...
...THIS point, six weeks before its Broadway opening, Follies is not yet in perfect shape, although it clearly will be soon. A good fifteen minutes of repetition in the first act can be pruned without much difficulty and a few awkward speeches in which the characters point too obviously at their failures during the first part of Act II can be eliminated. Suffice it to say, on the other hand, that Sondheim has composed his richest score (and also his most difficult), that Prince and Bennett have not missed out on any opportunities in their complex staging, and that Boris...
...were to stay, it would put the kids in an awkward position," Jelic explained. He had earned the affection of many players on the team, mainly because of his open-mindedness and his ability to get along with them. Apparently this would have made it more difficult for a new head coach to earn allegiance...
...circulation (1,175,000), he decreed the switch to a "more modern size," promising readers more pages (presumably ones of lighter weight) and more color, and advertisers a better page rate per thousand. Gingrich hinted at a further fringe benefit in the smaller size: Esquire will be less "awkward to read...
...triggered to respond whenever the political heat reached a certain intensity. It would consult directly with the Corporation on a case-by-case basis, and even if the Corporation had the right to overrule it, some communication would have taken place. The membership of these groups poses the most awkward question of constitutional mechanics. No small committee can represent all the estates of the University, but it can often react with sensitivity to their concerns...