11.  He was put in the awkward position of having to write the memo.

12.  He was about to leave when he froze in an awkward position midway across the room.

13.  Also placed in an awkward position was the Securities and Exchange Commission, which endorsed the most controversial section of the bill last month.

14.  Also placed in an awkward position was the SEC, which endorsed the most controversial section of the bill last month.

15.  And all the talk puts the governor in an awkward position.

16.  Analysts said they were not surprised by the Bertelsmann sale because the AOL-Time Warner deal had put the German company in an awkward position.

17.  And yet, many black members of Congress in an awkward position.

18.  At the nexus of politics and morality, however Clinton is in an awkward personal position.

19.  Big deal television events put a nonviewer in an awkward position.

20.  A White House official conceded that the administration was in an awkward position.