Word: awkwardly
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Former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution S. Dillon Ripley, who knows so much about the museum that he's giving the opening remarks this Friday, says he's "very impressed with. [Sackler Museum architect James] Stirling's ability to make space out of small, awkward spaces...
Aaron's direction is so unimaginative and deliberate that one gets the feeling that Maxie is a television sitcom. In fact, there are awkward pauses after many jokes, as if Aaron was expecting a laugh track to be put in. Even the soundtrack sounds like something from TV, resembling the Mary Tyler Moore theme when the mood is happy, and the MASH theme when it is bittersweet...
...first year alone. To employ 22,000 new shoeworkers at an average salary of $14,000 would cost the U.S. $26,300 per job. Shoe quotas would hurt developing countries, which are struggling to earn foreign exchange to service their U.S. debts. Washington would be in the awkward position of demanding that Brazil meet its debt obligations while depriving it of the means...
...letters are usually mailed within two to four weeks after the initial interview. It is unusual for someone to be invited for a second interview at the time of the first interview. Do not ask how well you did in your interview! You put the interviewer in an awkward position...
Physically, though, he seems out of place, too big and awkward for Molina's refined sensibility. And what's this Yankee-manque doing in South America anyway? You keep expecting someone to translate his dialogue. Hurt as the "queen" appears studied: he doesn't let you forget the effort his technique requires...