Word: awkwardnesses
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...Anyone covering Congress—as I did for much of 40 years—covered Ted Kennedy. He was always accessible to explain what he was trying to do, the obstacles, why compromise was needed to get anything done. Sometimes his syntax was too awkward to quote directly, as if his mind was moving faster than his mouth, but you knew what he meant...
...propose that there is no grammatical problem and the new verse’s object is in fact “throng” rather than “jubilee.” If this is true, these critics only have succeeded in crafting a grammatically correct, but awkward sentence as they change “throng” from a verb to a noun. I am not exactly sure what a “jubilee throng” is, jubilee being the adjective apparently, but I am sure they can convolute some meaning into the phrase if they needed...
...paper, McCain made a reasonably strong argument tonight. But he didn't do himself any favors with his delivery. His presentation wasn't horrible, for him. But McCain is an awkward speaker at best; he's far better interacting with voters in a town hall or with reporters on the back of his campaign bus. He has none of Obama's formal oratorical skills - a contrast that will become only more glaring as the campaign progresses. McCain's hope is that Obama's superior speaking skills will dazzle pundits and other elites but won't translate into votes. "This...
...Ahhh, America. As Dinock told her joke, I wondered how Hillary Clinton would have reacted if she had been there to hear it. I know how she would have reacted a year ago: with an awkward chill, a brisk Methodist propriety. These days, though, I imagine Clinton would have thrown back her head and guffawed. And maybe said something like "Ain't that the truth." That has been Hillary Clinton's story this year: she has learned how to be at ease with people like Margaret Dinock, and has come to believe that she - and only she - can adequately represent...
It’s sort of awkward being a college journalist.Sure, as far as journalists go, we’re blessed. Most of the events we need to cover occur within a half-mile radius of our homes (Quadlings excluded), our subjects and sources eat meals in the same dining halls as we, and we don’t have to work with schmucks like Joe Morgan. Of course, for every 10 home games we cover, there’s a trip down the ever-dangerous Muller Hill Road, but professional journalists generally have much more trying lives than student...