31.  But it nonetheless put the government in an awkward position.

32.  But if the case ends up going to trial, Forbes will be put in a highly awkward position.

33.  But Reno was put in an awkward position by the finding that the Dole campaign had committed some of the same violations that Republican lawmakers have accused Clinton of.

34.  But that left him in the awkward position of arguing that the court could strike down the Small Business Act program without disturbing the Fullilove precedent.

35.  But the dispute clearly puts him in an awkward position, politically and, perhaps, personally.

36.  But the left is now in the awkward position of trying to reinstate it.

37.  But the federal law has clearly placed the Pataki administration in an awkward position.

38.  But the action put him in an awkward political position.

39.  But this alliance left Mandela in an awkward political position.

40.  Christopher was put into the awkward position of trying to reconcile the two positions.