Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, have resurrected the fear that the zero option may be decoupling. Some Europeans are concerned that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and other leaders have invested so much political capital in forcing through the deployments despite domestic opposition that it would be awkward for them now to feign enthusiasm for the total removal of the missiles...
...investment, and that in turn will depend on how well Aquino continues to handle her political problems. Aside from efforts by foreign companies already in place, little new direct foreign investment has entered the country since she took presidential office. But so far as Western banks are concerned, the awkward problem is that the latest fussing over debt agreements has delayed a cautious vote of confidence in the archipelago...
...Learning to do the swing is really awkward at first," Lee said. "But you'll be surprised. If you isolate each part and teach the men and women separately, then there should be no problem...
Vanderryn, on the other hand, gives a consistently weak performance. His stage presence is awkward, not because he is so much taller than the other characters in the play, but because he simply does not seem to know what to do with himself. His lines are forced and unnatural, especially in his scenes alone with Emma. Overall, he is an actor of extremes--he either overacts or underacts...
...Cohn adapted an already existing translation herself, which means that the blame for the loss of Garcia Lorca's poetic diction and for the unusual interpretation of certain characters is hers. Poetry, even free verse such as Garcia Lorca's galloping, assonant verse. If the actors delivery of this awkward English version of Garcia Lorca's poetry falls flat at times, they may be excused...