Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...utterly in tune to the track’s little flourishes. The sample, like much of Kanye’s sources, is sublimated into a wisp of texture that sticks indelibly in your mind. It’s that sensitivity to sound itself that gives these potentially awkward mini-epics their fragile beauty. They’re pretentious, imperfect and overwrought, and flawlessly...
...private get-together” for Harvard’s gay male community, with the guest list and e-mails furnished courtesy of the search engine of thefacebook.com. Even during the fete’s early moments, there wasn’t much by way of awkward introductions or meaningless chit-chat, as everyone was already fairly well acquainted with each other’s political views, interests and favorite quotes. Indeed, by the end of the night, there wasn’t much, if anything, that hadn’t been shared by most of those in attendance...
...journal suggests that students bonded with members of their graduating class to a far greater degree, through class suppers and football games. Today, classes achieve the greatest moment of unity at the ever awkward (and sober) freshman ice-cream social...
...first night I worked was a little awkward because we had no calls,” said Crachilov, who patrols the Quad. “During the night, we escorted only two people by offering our services. A range of people that we asked didn’t need our services...
...deeper psychiatric struggles, and the audience is left perplexed as to some of the character’s decisions and motives. Co-stars Jackson and Garcia play their parts well, but are crippled by the poor dialogue of screenwriter Sarah Thorp, whose script traps the characters in awkward, clichéd language. Even the redemptive Kaufman (The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Right Stuff) can’t allow the film to recover from its overused dialogue...