Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Australian cast will provide some welcome discoveries to American audiences. Often Bossell successfully seems Jim Carrey-like in his facial expressions and awkward unpredictability. And the coyly acted romance between Young and Burrows, along with their good looks, may set a romantic heart or two aflutter...
...despite being welcomed into his home and collaborating with him over legal strategy, Simpson's attorneys often seemed awkward in his presence, and their collective demeanor in the courthouse bordered on stilted formality. They had little chemistry with Simpson. When Robert Baker and the rest of the team lunched near the Santa Monica courthouse, their client was rarely with them; he usually chose to eat with his sister and brother-in-law. Indeed, the trial has had wider personal repercussions for the Bakers. They have encountered social ostracism by some members of Los Angeles' well-heeled society...
Pastore and Parise seem to face the difficult task of trying to mold a group of awkward men--who do not have the luxury of costumes at this point--into an exotic group of provocative females...
...artistic style of Sandro Botticelli, one of the great artists of the Italian Renaissance. As an introduction to his time period as well as to his works, it manages to present a vast amount of information in a very logical sequence, making good use of the relatively small and awkward space. But while it gives the viewer a glimpse of Botticelli's life and times, this is often at the expense of drawing the viewer's eye from the artwork. The text, well-written and informative, tends to capture the viewer's eye more than the paintings themselves...
...obtain employment by the government, and their children have been kicked out of schools. Such "religious intolerance," said the Hollywood letter, is akin to Nazi policy that "first marginalized, then excluded, then vilified and ultimately subjected [the Jews] to unspeakable horrors." Those provocative charges put the U.S. in an awkward position: Scientology is a legally recognized church in the U.S., and its members are entitled to practice their faith freely. Burns, required to stand up for the principle of religious freedom but not to offend a major ally, denounced the ad's over-the-top parallels as "outrageous...