Word: awkwardness
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Misha is a stateless being, trapped between a fantasy America and a debased post-Soviet Russia ("a nation of busybody peasants thrust into an awkward modernity") that he regards with an Oedipal mixture of love and contempt. East and West play a hilarious game of Telephone in his head--he's obsessed with hip-hop, and he and his best friend have formed an awful duo called the Gentlemen Who Like...
Once you have done enough awkward talking with a girl while looking at your shoes, your next move should be to ask her on a date, somewhere that is meaningful for both you and her. But while taking a girl to a Red Sox-Yankees game in the third row may seem like the ultimate display of affection to you, chances are that it is not to the girl. Watching players like David Ortiz run around in tight pants for three hours will not get her in a romantic mood. You’ll find that the movie theater...
...which we had a pants check at the door. At 12:45, my roommate and I started screaming with rapture that we had had a whole party with no pants whatsoever.” Those moments of intoxicated ecstasy, belligerence following that last shot of Karkov, and some awkward super senior “accidentally” brushing against your butt again, is what the TLR was all about. Currier’s HoCo promises that the space will live on in spirit, in the new “Super TLR” due to be built...
...being American can bring some particular stresses in China, even for poised professionals like He. "There are cultural differences that you have to become attuned to," she says. "I've been at meetings when I've been very blunt in pointing something out, and there will be an awkward second or two of silence, and then someone will politely say, 'Well, that's a very American way of looking at it,' which is another way of saying, hey, will you tone it down...
...scene was especially attractive. With 22 cast members, the larger-than-usual cast for Freshman Musicals was extremely effective. Although some characters had minimal roles, every cameo was well-delivered and provided relief from an otherwise insistently serious plot. The most glaring defect of the production, however, was the awkward relationship between the Agassiz, the orchestra and the singers. The five-person orchestra delivered very polished pieces, doing justice to Commins’ exceptionally inventive compositions. But because of the inconvenient shape of the stage, the orchestra had to be muffled backstage, making it very difficult for the actors...