The agreed international programmes speak of their situation unfortunately, their lack of implementation has placed such countries in an awkward situation.

Confronted with an awkward problem, he responded with reason.

No one doubts that Barroso is in an awkward position.

Bystanders understandably wonder which is worse awkward rebranding or awkward puns.

The MTR summary did not fully reflect the awkward situation of the UNICEF embargo on cash advances, especially in the education sector.

Islamist candidates were in an awkward position, seeking support from women voters, whose participation they opposed.

I feel awkward in his presence.

For those who advocate the spread of democracy in the world, this has posed an awkward dilemma.

As I am sure you will appreciate, the current situation is awkward and stressful to the Tribunal as a body and to the individual members thereof.

They have to go through their primary one, that's already awkward, and then they go through their second self's adolescence, and that's even more awkward because there's an actual history of what they've gone through online.

On the back, we see an awkward looking man, the same who appears in the plane scene on Toxic .

CP At first, very kind of pained, awkward conversations.

This is particularly awkward at a time when the Chinese authorities seem to be taking an even harder line on dissent.

The husbands sometimes do not provide proper documentation to their former wives establishing the fact that the marriage has been dissolved. This places the woman in an awkward situation should she remarry as she can be accused of adultery in the absence of documentation.

Being an awkward partner may offer Russia its best hope of reconciling its yearning for independence with the realities of the modern world.

Arab Israeli youth are not required to serve in the military so as not to place them in an awkward position, fighting against their brothers.

For starters, the existing treaty cannot be used to create a single European resolution authority, leaving an awkward interface between the ECB and national authorities.

He joins John Kerry in an awkward push to convince international banks that doing business with a theocratic dictatorship is in the interest of everyone.

To state the obvious, this contrast between Germany and its neighborhood is very awkward.

Those attending the Rio 20 Summit should embrace this promising, if awkward, strategic opportunity.

Even though your ascension to the position of Prime Minister came in an awkward way because of Ariel Sharon s stroke, I believe that you have an opportunity to be part of a historic reconciliation.

And anybody coming in new to technology is an adolescent online right now, and so it's very awkward, and it's very difficult for them to do those things.

To be sure, Vladimir Putin s Russia is nationalistic, awkward, and disposed to dangerous trouble making.

A very awkward hour passed before he accepted reality and made a gracious concession speech.

I'm like a junior varsity cheerleader sometimes for swearing, awkward silences, and very simple rhyme schemes.

Their literary power derives from their authors courage to ask awkward questions and write with honesty.

Green eco activists, while feeling awkward about support from this quarter, nonetheless find them useful allies.

It feels a little awkward in the beginning but you get used to it very quickly.

This situation requires an urgent response.

We face an analogous situation today.

In Paris, a tired and awkward university rector asks the police to clear protesters from the Sorbonne.

It would be a bit awkward, but the esteemed guests could also view An Inconvenient Truth, narrated by Al Gore, the man Bush narrowly defeated in the 2000 US presidential election.

It's so awkward to work up there that sometimes I even gave the injections right through their clothes.

Stability is at the heart of his thinking. Hence, he could not accept America s awkward pro democracy agenda.

While this makes them awkward candidates for any academic discipline, such is the ambivalence of any intellectual s legacy.

Such an example captures China s recent economic situation.

In Russian history, there is an analogous situation.

All of this worsens an already tense situation.

It was inconvenient because gold was awkward for everyday transactions, and silver had too little value for major transfers.

This would complete a somewhat awkward Cape to Cairo line with three gauges ( twice) and three breaks of gauge.

The problem in Asia often arises from something the French call cohabitation an awkward arrangement by which a directly elected president must co exist with a parliament controlled by a rival party or parties.

The problem in Asia often arises from something the French call cohabitation an awkward arrangement by which a directly elected president must co exist with a parliament controlled by a rival party or parties.

In the past, metallic money provided an inconvenient and unsatisfactory solution to the question of value. It was inconvenient because gold was awkward for everyday transactions, and silver had too little value for major transfers.

Awkward as it may look, Chen asked the Chinese government to investigate the illegal harm local officials had infringed on him.

The East West arms race had created an explosive situation.