Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...awkward but affable undergrads. They were either from Harvard, BU, or Northeastern. Some wore yarmulkes, some not. Most were from New York or Boston and were studying economics, science, or math. A few tried to start with jokes, but unfortunately, none of these were memorable enough to be repeated here. They smiled a lot and asked me why I had left California to go to school at Harvard. None of them asked...
...despondent story with hope. Joon’s stalling biography culminates in a spasmodically positive acceleration that uselessly heaps a sudden dose of optimism upon a solid foundation of despair. Mun’s entire narrative is a staccato rhythm of choppy vignettes that are potent in isolation but awkward as a whole. The even-handed treatment of tainted youth is juxtaposed with sappy, trite religious experiences that crop up randomly with little justification. God is “an old black man with sky-bright eyes who smiled at everyone as though he’d seen...
...teenager, one’s fundamental capabilities seem undefined and one’s independence constantly under threat. As we look ahead nationally to a period of economic reorganization—a slump to “grow out of”—America embodies the awkward maladjustment of the pimply ninth grader, but on a macroeconomic level.Reading about breakups via text message and unfortunate ways to find out that your mom is dating again may just be the perfect complement to a material world in which no employment relationship is safe, and your company may be flirting...
They called it the sexual privacy issue - guys and girls in a boat together. There was going to be some sort of awkward moment about restroom breaks. It's crazy. We're all adults, and it's a natural thing. It's not something that's relevant and shouldn't be something that stops women from getting out there to compete...
Might there be a different, less intrusive course for the Church? Yes: clarify the Pelosi statement by continuing to observe the difference between a jurist and a legislator. That may be awkward from the standpoint of the unyielding lines of moral rather than political principle, but it has the merit of following the instruction of St. Thomas Aquinas, who argued that "all should have some part in the government; for in this way peace is preserved among the people, and all are pleased with such a disposition of things and maintain...