Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...skis. A Junior Olympian. An All-American.“I really believe that if Morgan wasn’t here playing baseball,” says Joe Walsh, his Harvard coach, “he’d be in Torino.” It was an awkward twist, this, his new fitness agenda, driving nails. As fate would have it for the surehanded All-Ivy shortstop, so was the accident that led him there.“You think a ball hits you in the nose, that’s enough pain right there,” Walsh...
...friends watching our latest junk TV craving, “Beauty and the Geek,” I realized that maybe, just maybe, we weren’t the target audience for the Ashton Kutcher creation. Presumably, the average viewer watches to gape at the antics of the socially awkward geeks. But while we had our share of laughs, I soon heard more “awwing” than chuckling, and quite a few variations of “I love...
...race is more than color, and therein lies the fascination of Black. White. In learning to "pass," both families have to address awkward questions that people rarely discuss in mixed racial company. What does it mean to "talk white" or "walk black"? (Both families meet with consultants, including a dialect coach.) And can you discuss cultural differences without falling into stereotypes? In the first episode, Brian and Renee point out that a black woman would not ask as many personal questions as Carmen does. "Your nature is to be more curious," Brian tells her. (Imagine a white man observing that...
...networks, some Harvard students said they are overtly outraged. This rage has been channeled into the creation of a slew of facebook groups including “You’re still in high school. and you’re friending me? That’s awkward...now go away” and “Advocates for the return of Facebook to college-only exclusivity.” The two groups have a combined membership of over 30 students. “The more integration goes on,” Mumma wrote, “the more Facebook becomes...
...Whenever someone flubs their teleprompter lines. Three shots if they try to improvise and are met with awkward silence...