Which is why the election in Iraq was in some ways so awkward for France.
ECONOMIST: Both sides of an awkward relationship seek to mend fences
Speaking of which, the camera can display one of 11 photogenic poses in the corner of the screen to help guide you in not looking so awkward.
What makes Mr Thaksin's case so awkward, however, is that the drafters of the 1997 constitution also set out to fix the other chronic flaw in Thailand's political system: divided and ineffective governments with hopelessly short lives.
And he confirmed that he would be meeting with members of the union movement's new so-called awkward squad such as Amicus' Derek Simpson and the TGWU's Tony Woodley to see how they could "reclaim" the Labour Party.
Any of those can get awkward, so play it safe and stick to electronics, food and wine, and desk or travel accessories.
The Vienna event takes place over 27-28 October, with Saturday reserved for men, and Sunday for women, so couples can avoid awkward encounters and retain a degree of anonymity.
So is teaching British history (including the awkward imperial bits) in a way that explains how so many different tribes wound up living together on a smallish island rather than jumping from stray bits on the Tudors to the 20th century's world wars.
If the date goes poorly, both people want to leave after an hour, but find it awkward to do so.
If you know someone who is dying and you want to offer what encouragement you can (and it can be very awkward to do so), read this book, Final Gifts.
What he saw amounted to a bunch of awkward glances, so he came up with a simple gesture, involving a hand over the heart, which allows people to simply acknowledge those in uniform.
But so far only one big, awkward country, Russia, has formally applied to join the OECD.
So that leaves England in the awkward, unsatisfying position of being able to lose the match on Saturday and still win the Six Nations trophy.
The current alternative of carrying an iPhone or strapping an iPod to your shoulder is awkward and less functional so one can see the allure for such a device.
Which, in this case, could also stand for a part of the anatomy she threatens to "punt" if her sisters don't stop being "so f---ing BORING" and "so f---ing AWKWARD" at sorority events.
On top of all this I've always been rather clumsy, so to say that my adolescence was awkward is an understatement.
But it is awkward that a critic had so little trouble catching a dealer quoting for a car it did not have.
The view that adjustment will come through share prices rather than capital accumulation turns Mr Tobin on his head, so it is unsurprising, if rather awkward for the authors, that the great man by no means endorses his disciples.
The big but somewhat awkward truth--awkward in a democratic society that believes so fervently in equality--is that the schools make far less difference than your own ability.
For Mr Strauss-Kahn, it is awkward to be yoked to a policy platform so far to his left.
The truth was that I was uncomfortable with the awkward divide between my life and his, so I widened the gap between us.
Mining has always had an awkward relationship with morality and the law, so perhaps the mutterings against Mr Reinhart should not surprise anyone.
Having to do so onstage, at the apex of one's awkward phase, in front of a battery of news cameras and reporters feels like a twisted sociological experiment -- and it leaves a scar.
When the UK has so often been the European Union's one nation "awkward squad".
So right from the start, the manager is in an awkward position evaluating the team members while also dependent on them for internal knowledge and expertise.
And breakups, awkward and drawn-out in person, are even more so online as details are parsed by the curious, their faces pressed against the digital glass.
The children were a little young to know the difference between a question and a statement, so when the floor was opened for questions, it became a little awkward.
So the chair of the OBR could not be sacked by ministers for being awkward.
So far this year four life insurers have gone bust trying to make these awkward ends meet, and others will follow.
So one of the first tasks faced by Mr Karamanlis will be to convey that awkward and unpleasant truth to his ethnic kin on Cyprus.
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