Word: awkwardness
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This is not When Harry Met Sally, but Hitch does perform one of that film’s most astonishing tricks: Hitch believably turns Kevin James into a romantic lead worthy of Amber Valletta. If nothing else, the film is inspiring for all those goofy, awkward, smart Harvard men without many social skills...
...invests in Sudan. Recently, they’ve co-opted the Senior Gift name, confusing our classmates and distracting attention from the causes of financial aid, college improvements, and giving back to Harvard. It’s difficult to talk to busy seniors, and it’s always awkward to ask for money, but we’re now also being painted as supporting the Sudanese genocide. Rather than allow two important issues to be debated on their own merits, these classmates have decided to force seniors to make a choice between two good ideas: the divestment of Harvard?...
...several reasons for the change of heart. Law and order, never good in Bangladesh, has deteriorated to frightening levels. Last month, India forced the cancellation of the annual South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, citing poor security in the host city, Dhaka. Islamic violence is also awkward for ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party Prime Minister Khaleda Zia because her coalition includes two conservative Islamic parties. But the catalyst for the crackdown appears to have been a donor meeting in Washington last week, attended by representatives from the U.S., the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank...
Between comedic acts in an evening full of mini-sketches poking fun at the Homecoming Dance theme, IGP plucked a middle aged man and a teenage girl from two separate sections of the audience and crowned them King and Queen of the event. In a bizarrely hilarious and awkward scene for those in attendance, IGP dragged the mismatched pair from the audience and forced them to dance with one another wearing flimsy gold paper crowns...
During my senior year of high school, a teacher I had known for four years asked me off-hand where I had learned my English. He was so impressed that I managed to rid myself of all traces of an Arab accent. After an awkward pause, as it slowly dawned on me that no, he was not joking, and yes, he really thought I was an immigrant, I had to explain to him that I had been born 10 minutes away from the school building. The reason my English was so accent-less was because I really was an American...