Word: awkwardly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast to his despised contemporaries, Wolfe was a strange figure. Tall, thin, and quite awkward, he rarely spoke in class, and when he did it was with a shy stammer. Although his general lack of finesse was often embarrassing, Wolfe professed pride in the marked difference between himself and his classmates. He called himself "a raw Tar Heel ... with native simplicity...
...would be like. Not even his aides, dedicated as they are to his general philosophy, are allowed to know at any moment the pattern of his intentions. All that most Frenchmen have for certain this week is a memory of De Gaulle moving among masses of people with the awkward lope of a giraffe, patting a head here, shaking a hand there, peering about him with nearsighted benevolence. But they knew also that he was a man of integrity and vision, and that nothing less would suffice...
Legally and politically, the U.S. has found itself in an awkward spot ever since the French granted Morocco independence in 1956. Lacking any agreement with the new nation, the U.S. was forced to rest its case on the lease it had signed with the French government five years before. In fact, France still claims technical ownership of the bases...
Rathbone was effective in the second play, if not quite up to his Broadway predecessor, Eric Portman. He was, however not really at home in the first play. He is habitually cool, clean, clipped and polished; and it was clearly an effort for him to be awkward, slovenly, and impetuous. The two stars enjoyed an uncommonly fine supporting cast--better than the Broadway one, and better directed...
Nadine Duwez handled the title role with considerable skill. The Creon of Elias Kulukundis '60 was a bit awkward. Earle Edgerton '56 directed, and others in the cast included Debbie Gayle, Mary Cass, Herb Propper, Sidney Davis, William Batchelder '59, Robert Hesse '59, and Nicholas Thompson '60.22"No Exit": MARY CASS and EARLE EDGERTON...