Word: awkwardly
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...funeral is an odd blend of joy and sadness. Relatives separated by miles and years ecstatically renew their old affection, only to guiltily remember, at intervals, the solemn event that reunites them. This awkward dichotomy is captured, with humor, by Joseph O'Connor's play Red Roses and Petrol and the Sugan Theatre Company...
Given the stakes, a settlement makes sense, though it would be awkward for Eisner to pay Katzenberg a vast sum in the wake of shareholder anger over the $130 million or so that Disney dealt to Michael Ovitz after firing him as president last December. Conversely, the Ovitz settlement ensures that Katzenberg's sights are set high: Why should Katzenberg take less for 10 successful years than Ovitz got for 14 unimpressive months? If a deal is made, three things seem certain. One: the terms will be sealed. Two: the amount will be leaked to the press--by both sides...
Jennifer Jason Leigh is perfectly cast in Agnieszka Holland's adaptation of Henry James's novel. An awkward young woman starved for affection is caught between a cynical, distant father and a spirited but selfish young suitor. Holland's camera work and sense of period are engaging throughout, and her trademark comic acuity leavens the somber arc of the story. Eventually, though, Leigh assets herself just long enough to break your heart. Like its heroine, the film misses true magnificence, but its intelligent cast and sensitive story-telling are more than enough to recommend...
...have all become accustomed to swiping people into our dormitories without questioning their affiliation with Harvard. Because students frequently need access to houses other than their own and because it is awkward to demand identification of strangers who may look like fellow students, we assume that anyone who asks us for entrance is a student or someone affiliated with the University. If key card access were universal, we would know that anyone who needed our help to enter into a house was not a student. We would thus be more willing to question a visitor's motives when...
Elect a moderator. The council is notorious for being politicized and plagued by factions. The current system also puts the president in an awkward position by saddling her with the job of both champion of her own agenda and moderator of debate. The council should elect one of its members to serve as moderator of debate, a parliamentarian technocrat of sorts, and allow the president and vice-president to fully pursue the agendas that prompted students to support them in the first place...