Word: awkwardly
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...Third Mouse, a government tutor, reminded me of a skilled doctor with cold hands. Unable to impart his higher knowledge in an even mildly appealing way, he prefaced his answers to students questions with the statement. "Well, I think it's rather obvious." After a few intensely awkward discussions in which I tried and failed to get him to explain certain aspects of American government out of the distant realm of theory, I came to the conclusion that he probably hadn't yet done so himself...
...which keeps Class exactly where it should be, in a friendly unpretentious spot somewhere between adolescence and manhood. It's a gangly film, awkward in spots but lovable overall. Perhaps its greatest flaw is that it tries too hard to be loved--and while it does escape looking canned there are a few too many tweed jackets and Shetland sweaters. One might wonder if there ever was, or will be, a prep school quite so preppie as Vernon Academy...
...appointed a similar task force early last year under the direction of J. Peter Grace, 70, chairman of the conglomerate W.R. Grace & Co. Last week the group made public its final batch of findings. Its pointed revelations of wasteful practices were greeted within the Administration with much of the awkward dismay a doomsayer might feel upon being told his prophecies are true...
...Chester Ludgin). Balanchine's famous dictum that there are no mothers-in-law in ballet may not quite apply to opera, which is not mute, but the common sense behind it ought to be respected. A Quiet Place is too heavily populated, its relationships obscured by a wordy, awkward book that sinks whatever chance the opera had of being truly satisfying...
...Walesa's case, University officials suspected immediate publicity might be useful in clearing the way for Walesa to travel to Harvard. An early announcement, they reasoned, might cause pressure to accumulate against the Polish Communist authorities, making it increasingly awkward for them to deny Walesa the permission he would need to make the trip to Cambridge...