Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...simply become white; they adopted an already oppressive caste structure and polarized it along color lines, so that they became even whiter than native northern whites had ever been. There are also structural problems early in the book, such as a preponderance of evidence which obscures the broader arguments. Awkward syntax and glaring grammatical errors like transitive verbs left dangling without objects appear in the early chapters but vanish...
...Forbes surged into the lead? Certainly not due to a warm personality or a charismatic speaking style. Not a seasoned politician, Forbes often appears uneasy and awkward when speaking to or personally greeting potential voters. He is adept at stressing an economic message but falters when faced with some of the moral issues that conservative voters want to hear about. For example, at a recent campaign stop in Iowa, when asked about his position regarding same-sex marriages, Forbes hesitated uncomfortably and then stammered incoherently like a rookie on a high school debate team. Yet, he has distinguished himself from...
...speaking as if in a daze. Instead of being menacing, she seemed simply loopy, like a evil version of Carol Kane--you know something is wrong when "I hate her! I loathe her!" becomes a laugh line. Barbara Matteau's brief turn as Madame, while awkward, succeeded in injecting some relieving frivolity into the play...
Forbes enjoys some advantages over his opponents, of which his personal fortune is only one. Most of the press corps, and the voters, are treating him gently, though that will change as the scrutiny increases. He is so awkward in person--the boy who won't ask the girl to dance at the prom--that voters who meet him think he can't be for real, and so conclude that he must be. Unlike Dole, he has a single, clear message--Mr. Flat Tax--shellacked onto his forehead. Unlike both Dole and Phil Gramm, he is not a member...
...frightening, funny and awkward play begins with an extensive dialogue between Dodge and Halie, an old Illinois farm couple. They are old, screwy and hardly living in domestic bliss. Their son Tilden, who seems to have lost some of his faculties in an accident, is living with them. Bradley, another son, lives nearby and terrorizes the sick Dodge. Halie is obsessed with one of her sons who has died, and Tilden keeps bringing up another child who has died...