Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Macedonia to visit refugees has also put Dole where her opponents cannot follow. In some ways Elizabeth Dole is running the campaign she wanted her husband to run. He flirted with supporting the assault-weapons ban, then backed down when congressional Republicans howled. He did a long and awkward minuet on abortion and other issues of concern to social conservatives. "She's had to reflect someone else's views," says Mari Maseng Will, a top adviser to Mrs. Dole and former speechwriter for the Senator. "For a strong-minded, intelligent woman, that's frustrating. Now she's doing things...
However, there are still problems with the policy. Price-Waterhouse has an extensive list of clients, including companies infamous for their overseas sweatshop labor and poor pay, such as Nike, Reebok and Liz Claiborne. These connections could lead to an awkward situation among the partner schools and their monitor and perhaps even result in an immobilizing conflict of interest. PSLM continues to protest the move, submitting its own suggestions for companies which should be hired to do the monitoring...
...girls, who had jointly attended elementary school, were placed on separate campuses during middle school. The rationale was that girls matured earlier, both physically and intellectually, and that during this time of divergent development, it was best to keep boys and girls apart, except for the occasional (and highly awkward) social function. On the boys' campus, teachers played off our desire to become "men." Men studied hard and played hard. Men tucked their shirts in their pants. In the hallways, testosterone-laden behavior, like body checks into the lockers, was rampant...
...Take heed of these applicable lessons we learned from these animations that address the issues facing students today. Lily and Jim taught us how blind dates work. Pretty average story: shy stick girl goes on blind date with anti-social stick guy. This stick couple with big eyes and awkward limbs went through blind dating's worst nightmare. With nothing in common, Lily and Jim entertain the audience by their awkwardness and incompatibility, topping off the night with an allergic reaction on Jim's part, resulting in a bloated and utterly repulsive Jim. Lily and Jim discourages anyone considering blind...
...Take heed of these applicable lessons we learned from these animations that address the issues facing students today. Lily and Jim taught us how blind dates work. Pretty average story: shy stick girl goes on blind date with anti-social stick guy. This stick couple with big eyes and awkward limbs went through blind dating's worst nightmare. With nothing in common, Lily and Jim entertain the audience by their awkwardness and incompatibility, topping off the night with an allergic reaction on Jim's part, resulting in a bloated and utterly repulsive Jim. Lily and Jim discourages anyone considering blind...