Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Wilson of aggressive N.R.A. lobbyists. With a similar Oklahoma bill stalled in the courts, Florida G.O.P. lawmakers are torn between two of their best friends. Take the bill's sponsor, for instance. Dennis Baxley, who gets highest ratings from both the Chamber and the N.R.A., says, "It's very awkward...
...Death Reel I could watch hours of award show death reels. I love the awkward applause for the big deaths, and the silence for the obscure ones. This year?s show had some high quality deaths-Shirley Horn, Robert Moog, Wilson Pickett, Eugene Record of Chi-Lites and Luther Vandross-and the audience came through with socially inapropriate clapping for their favorite folk in the great beyond...
...would expect the sex scenes to be particularly great in a romance novel. However, “Sex” is a curious mix of shy and yet lurid descriptions of the subject, like a teenager excited by strange fantasies but too awkward to express himself properly...
...even entered college. He’s performed with members of acclaimed DJ group The X-ecutioners, and he’s worked alongside major-label superstars The Roots and Gang Starr. Since coming to Harvard, he’s DJ-ed dozens of area parties and performs with Awkward Landing, a trio of Boston...
...characterized by professors’ stinging criticisms of Summers, the president’s terse responses, and many awkward pauses...