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RUPERT GRINT, 17 Making a bid for independence, Harry's best pal has a role in the indie Driving Lessons, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival April 30. Like Ron Weasley, Grint says, his new character is "very awkward around girls," including Julie Walters, who plays "a crazy old lady." For those following at home, she played his mom in previous Potter films; his mom this time is Laura Linney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 1, 2006 | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...make the mistake I made. There’ll be plenty of time for face-to-face contact during Freshman Week—a period in which you will meet hundreds of amazing people—and too much summer chitchat is likely to result in awkward meetings or passings in the Yard. You’ll be left wondering if that person in front of you in the waffle line is indeed the person to whom you related your entire life story that late night in July, or worse, if that person even remembers. Lucy M. Caldwell...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell, | Title: Not So Classy | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...pinnacle of academic achievement: an acceptance to Harvard University. Many will tell you to ask yourselves, “Is Harvard right for me?” Instead, the correct question is, “Am I right for Harvard?” Fear not. Your red folder, awkward mannerisms, and overfilled suitcase signal that, yes, you are indeed ready to join the ranks of John Adams, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Hillary Duff (extension). You are now part of the Elite. But for the uncertain amongst you, rest assured that Harvard is indeed the only university worth your consideration...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Your Red Folder’s Warning Label | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...knew she was with a Falun Gong paper," said a senior Administration official trying to explain the snafu. "But if we'd kept her out, the world would have screamed that we were guilty of censorship." So her cries came to dominate the news cycle. If that weren't awkward enough, when Bush and Hu stood on the south lawn, the loudspeaker mistakenly referred to China as the Republic of China, the formal name of Taiwan, which China considers a mere province. Later in the Oval Office, Bush apologized to Hu for the Falun Gong heckler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hu and Bush: Let's Do Lunch | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

Hyman has continued to advertise on Yahoo!, and he hopes the number of users will increase, alleviating the awkward tensions he remembered at the ice cream social when he was a freshman...

Author: By R. DREW Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Speed Dating for Pre-Frosh’ Hits Web | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

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