In their aftermath, people become awkward, uncertain what to ask, what to say.
With James A. Baker III, the former secretary of state, heading to Europe this week to mend fences in the aftermath of an awkward announcement by a Pentagon hawk, that question may be more open than ever before.
He won fewer votes than the opposition in the 2008 election and was forced into an awkward power-sharing government in the violent aftermath.
Hopefully, the aftermath of Puck's super awkward kiss with Shelby will finally be addressed.
Chelsea's pursuit of their own more glittering prize simply seems more relentless in the aftermath of a victory chiselled from an awkward and fractious occasion.
The reason, known even to the youngest schoolchildren, concerned the most awkward aspect of the glittering metropolis: In 1842, in the humiliating aftermath of the First Opium War, the city, with its strategically located port, had been leased to Great Britain, as a concession, for a hundred and fifty-six years.
The tableau of bipartisan cooperation, and FEMA's highly visible role in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, has put Mr. Romney in an awkward position during the last week of a campaign in which he has fought Mr. Obama to a virtual draw.
The tableau of bipartisan cooperation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's highly visible role in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, has put Mr. Romney in an awkward position during the last week of a campaign in which he has fought Mr. Obama to a virtual draw.
In the aftermath of the vote on Sunday, the Liberal Democrats are left with their awkward allies, and are hobbled with a weak coalition that even together holds only a slim majority.
"I'm so awkward!" Dancing aside, Cooper said that he hopes the documentary will show viewers a part of the aftermath of the bombings that most people don't see.
