Word: awkwardness
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...result has been the most fascinating political partnership of the year. Their story has been like a buddy movie: an unlikely and even awkward arrangement that evolves into real friendship and then an alliance that expands beyond its original mission. Their team has its limits and its lingering, unbridgeable differences, and their bond sparks considerable resentment in the wings of both their parties. But first with the tsunami and then with Katrina, the two men have galvanized the private response to natural disasters this year. What's more, by working together, Bush and Clinton have reminded a deeply divided nation...
...Summit is an annual gathering of the world's most powerful people at which two things are always accomplished: an awkward group photo is taken and no one has any fun. On the July night that this year's summit began in Gleneagles, Scotland, Bono thought it might be nice to change things up a bit. U2 had scheduled a concert at a stadium in nearby Edinburgh, and Bono, as is his custom, invited pretty much everyone he thought would be interesting to drop by, which explains how George Clooney, Hollywood's leading lefty, and Paul Wolfowitz, president...
Rebecca D. O’Brien’s comment about what’s wrong with sections (“Awkward Silences,” Dec. 16) is welcome because there should be more discussion about this issue at Harvard. Nothing in the curricular review would improve a Harvard education more than measures to reduce the size of sections and improve the training of teaching fellows (TFs). Her observations that TFs must be skilled and focused are surely right...
...King said he “spoke up toward the end” and “recited Psalm 123 without error”—expressed his sympathy for those who had received negative comments. He had joked about the incident with friends and thought it was awkward for those with less flattering assessments. “I feel bad for the TF, though; he obviously did not mean to do that....It’s a weird situation,” said Fink. —Staff writer Joyce Y. Zhang can be reached at jyzhang@fas.harvard.edu...
...Walker and David L. Blazar ’06, made excellent use of the stage—and the two dancers showed expressive interaction with one another. However, the ending, perhaps composed in an effort to adhere to the modern penchant for stylistic anti-climaxes, achieved a sort of awkward close with a series of partner lifts that looked more like hopping than anything else. Walker must have changed quickly in order to dance in the very next large number, Gianni DiMarco’s “Sensemaya,” the first of the dances to be performed...