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...freshman said things were "awkward" whenhis present rooming group decided to exclude oneof their roomates from their rooming group nextyear

Author: By Heather R. Mcleod, | Title: Housing Lottery Begins as Frosh Pick Up Forms | 3/3/1987 | See Source »

BEFORE the show, Man of the Year Baryshnikov looked awkward and uncomfortable as the Pudding producers joked with him before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bye Bye, Bye Bye Verdi | 2/25/1987 | See Source »

...court, Hollensteiner looks sluggish, awkward...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Malcolm Hollensteiner | 2/24/1987 | See Source »

...with jazz and modern elements. At his best -- in such works as Les Petits Riens, Calcium Light Night, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, Eight Easy Pieces -- he is an agile craftsman with some surprising moves and a dry, idiosyncratic drollery. At other times he can be boring and even awkward, uneasy in filling the stage and expanding it. Premiering on the same bill as Les Petits Riens was a futile exercise called Ecstatic Orange, set to a bombinating neo-Stravinsky score by Michael Torke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Peter Martins' Little Nothings | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

Bush has long been a dangerously awkward speaker. He often sets off in one direction at the beginning of a sentence and wanders off in another before it ends. Metaphors do not track. Phrases with a tinny ring -- "I really went ape" or "I was in deep doo-doo" -- pour out of him involuntarily. Excitable on his feet, a man who lunges for political bait, the Vice President is a high risk in debates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Is the Real George Bush? | 1/26/1987 | See Source »

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