Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most students might worry that being 15 and at the College would create awkward weekend situations. But Strominger had his own plans-he headed for the New Hampshire commune that had been his home for the summer. The next year, he lived there full time...
...never even seen field hockey before. I didn't know if you shot it through a hoop or kicked it like a football," Mayer says of her first time playing goalie at age 14, a time when the now 6-foot 1-inch ponytailed defensive player saw herself as "awkward" and "just really lumbersome and slothlike...
...recent MTV Video Music Awards, the surreal highlight of the evening was not Da Brat's prancing around in gladiator regalia, Marilyn Manson's satanic peep show or the Spice Girls' attempt at harmonization. It was when Busta Rhymes commandeered the stage accompanied by a very awkward looking Martha Stewart. Flashing his trademark Cheshire cat grin to the audience and stepping up to the mic with free-style gems, Rhymes made a contrived awards show moment into something genuinely memorable and exciting. He proved himself once again to be a stand-out entertainer, even among other grandstanders...
...front of returning favorites, NBC's Must-See-TV lineup still offers the largest draw. Who can resist the exploits of Ross, the slightly awkward, yet sexually appealing Friend? Who can resist the adventures of Monica, the slightly neurotic and clearly anorexic Friend? And, how about our old pals at "Seinfeld?" We can all confidently look forward to another season characterized by clever plots, urbane, witty humor and more attractive women for Jerry...
Flavored with Scandinavian touches sure to warm the heart of any hobby linguist, the Doktor's lyrics reek of appealingly awkward translation: we see the roots of "Holiday" in a two-word compound, as well as the enclitic "yes" or "no" tacked on at the end of a sentence for emphasis ("You can't look back, no, no/You must look forward...